Why are men mean towards women, researchers explain Insecurity
that men feel in their relationships with women stems from
styles of attachment, claims a new study conducted on more than
400 heterosexual men by researchers in the U.S. During the
study, led by Joshua Hart, assistant professor of psychology at
Lawrence University, New York, researchers conducted a survey on
400 strong heterosexual men. Hart's former student Jacqueline
Hung and psychology professors Peter Glick of Lawrence and
Rachel Dinero of Cazenovia College, Syracuse, were the co-
authors. The interviewees were probed and assessed based on
their attachment style, views on romance, and their attitude
towards women, the journal Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin reports. Attachment style refers to the way people
relate to others in the context of intimate relationships,
defined by two personality traits: attachment anxiety and
attachment avoidance. Both traits reflect different kinds of
relationship insecurities; people who are low in bo