New approaches shed light on the magnitude of sex differences in personality
>> Consistent with prior research, the researchers found that the following traits are most exaggerated among females when considered separately from the rest of the gestalt: sensitivity, tender-mindedness, warmth, anxiety, appreciation of beauty, and openness to change. For males, the most exaggerated traits were emotional stability, assertiveness/dominance, dutifulness, conservatism, and conformity to social hierarchy and traditional structure.<p>I am very skeptical of any claim that such vague and abstract behaviour descriptions can be measured with accuracy. The cited studies are claimed to have been conducted cross-culturally, but I really doubt that different cultures would really assign the same meaning to these words. Even people within the same culture would understand what "sensitivity" or "dutifulness" means differently. For instance, if I like flowers, am I "sensitive"? If I cry at weddings? If I cry at Game of Thrones? At MMA fights? [1]<p>_____________<p>[1] It's not a joke. I cried at the end of the Coleman-Emelianenko fight. When they hug at the end, with Coleman's face a bloody mess? I cried my fucking eyes out. Does that make me "sensitive"? "Appreciating of beauty"?