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Gender differences
hideA gender difference is a distinction of biological and/or physiological characteristics typically associated with either males or females of a species in general. In the study of humans, socio-political issues arise in classifying whether a sex difference results from the biology of gender. This article focuses on quantitative differences which are based on a gradient and involve different averages. For example, men are taller than women on average, but an individual woman may be taller than an individual man.
Other articles describe differences which clearly (if intersexual individuals are excluded) represent a binary male/female split, such as human reproduction.
Though some sex differences are controversial, they are not to be confused with sexist stereotypes.
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News tagged with gender differences
Culture, not biology, underpins math gender gap
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 01, 2009 |
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For more than a century, the notion that females are innately less capable than males at doing mathematics, especially at the highest levels, has persisted in even the loftiest circles.
Professor Interrupted: Gender Differences in High Level Engineering, Science and Math Institutions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 12, 2009 |
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A soon to be released exhaustive study entitled "Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty (2009)" published by The National Academies Press finds improvements ...
Higher level of testosterone in women linked to choice of risky careers
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2009 |
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The battle of the sexes rages on, this time from the trading floor. While there has long been debate about the social and biological differences between men and women, new research by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern ...
Virtual studies answer real questions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 14, 2009 |
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"Are online games just for male teenagers?" About 80 percent of "Ever Quest II" players are male, but the hardcore players are women. And, almost all players are adults.
The heart attack myth: Study establishes that women do have same the heart attack symptoms as men
Oct 25, 2009 |
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The gender difference between men and women is a lot smaller than we've been led to believe when it comes to heart attack symptoms, according to a new study presented to the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted ...
Differences in how male, female police officers manage stress may accentuate stress on the job
Feb 26, 2009 |
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When male police officers need to de-stress, they might trade war stories -- but likely not with their female colleagues.
Toward explaining why hepatitis B hits men harder than women
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting ...
Women less likely to have a stroke after mini-stroke
Feb 23, 2009 |
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30 days after a transient ischemic attack, women are 30 percent less likely to have a stroke than men, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Yale University. The analysis, including ...
Work conditions impact parents' food choices
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Since most parents in the US are employed, there are competing demands on their time that can compromise food choices for themselves and their children. How parents cope with these demands and how work conditions are related ...
