There are disparities between men and women, but most research studies indicate that the psychological differences in gender are minimal. Men and women have no completely different brains, features, cognitive capacity, or behavior. But many people believe that there are some difference between men and women in psychology, but men and women are not the black and white opposites.
Stereotypes indicate that girls are good in English and boys are good at maths. There is a slight gap in verbal ability, and women have this ability a little more than men. A meta-analysis performed by Janet S. Hyde and her colleagues found no gaps in elementary school mathematics between boys and girls. By late adolescence and early adulthood, men do better in mathematics, but the gap is small tolittle, which explains about 2% to 5% of the variation in psychology men versus women.
Spatial abilities is one of these slightly bigger variations, which means men navigate their way around town much easier in revolving figures. If the success of men and women in space experiments was graphed, two curves overlapped with men’s curves slightly ahead. That means that there are far more men than women among those very talented in this region, since a small average difference generates more disparity at the top and the bottom of the curve. In general knowledge, there is no gender gap at all.
Gender variations in personality characteristics are minor, too. Study by Alan Feingold found, but also more in extraversion, that women appear to score higher in anxiety and neuroticism (linked with positive emotions). There’s some evidence that women experience more emotional ups and downs, but that’s slight variations, a typical disparity of just 1/2 (or about 6 percent of the variation among people explained by gender). Even among teenagers, depression-related symptoms are around 1/4 of the normal disparity between girls (less than 2 percent of the variance). Clinical depression has a greater sexual disparity, with nearly double the number of women diagnosed with extreme depression.
There are also minor variations in perceptions between men and women. In social matters, women tend to be more liberal than men. As one might imagine, women’s attitudes to women’s positions are more egalitarian. Women are still tolerant of homosexuals (there are no gender differences in attitudes toward lesbians). Women are more likely than men to vote for Democrats.
