Women are significantly underrepresented when it comes to management jobs. For example, in the state of California, only 10.4% of women hold the highest paid executive positions, and 47% of companies have only men on their boards. Based on these numbers, it appears that either companies are afraid to place women in leadership positions or that fewer women are qualified or competent enough to hold leadership positions compared to men. However, it is also possible that different brain functioning in the two sexes plays an important role. If the brain causes men and women to think differently, it could cause men and women to have different priorities and excel at different skills. Therefore, I am intrigued by the question: are male and female brains different? This is important to understand because it is our brain that controls us as humans. Understanding how the brain works in men and women will help us understand ourselves better. Sandra Witelson is a neuroscientist who has spent much of her career studying brain functions and how they differ in women and men. In an interview in “Science Suggests Men and Women Think Differently,” she explained her thoughts on the male and female brain. When asked about the significant differences between the male and female brains that she discovered through her research, she replied: "The very first one that I pointed out was that when a young boy does things related to reading, he uses one side of his brain for skills other than reading. There are many more things to do with a girl. bilateral involvement in these skills. So in the normal six-year-old child, the brain is organized to accomplish the same task, but it is organized in a very different way. In other words,...... middle of paper ......| LiveScience."News on space, animals, technology, health, environment, culture and history | Live Science. Internet. December 7, 2011. "How male and female brains differ." WebMD - Better information. Better health. December 08, 2011. Hensley, Amber. "10 big differences between men's and women's brains. Masters of Healthcare." Masters of Health Care.com: Online Health "Male dominance? Really ? - CollegeTimes™." CollegeTimes™ - College blog, reviews, forum, jobs and more! Internet. December 08, 2011. Mostafa, Omnia. Brain differences between men and women. Medical training. Print. Sabbatini, Renato. « There- Are there differences between the brains of men and women? » Magazine "Brain & Mind" - Home page WWW Internet. “Science suggests that men and women think differently” Technology and ITJobs. News and Advice.Web December 8.. 2011.