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A cross-cultural analysis of the behavior of women and men: implications for the origins of sex differences.
Wendy Wood,Alice H. Eagly +1 more
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The cross-cultural evidence on the behavior of women and men in nonindustrial societies, especially the activities that contribute to the sex-typed division of labor and patriarchy, is reviewed.Abstract:
This article evaluates theories of the origins of sex differences in human behavior. It reviews the cross-cultural evidence on the behavior of women and men in nonindustrial societies, especially the activities that contribute to the sex-typed division of labor and patriarchy. To explain the cross-cultural findings, the authors consider social constructionism, evolutionary psychology, and their own biosocial theory. Supporting the biosocial analysis, sex differences derive from the interaction between the physical specialization of the sexes, especially female reproductive capacity, and the economic and social structural aspects of societies. This biosocial approach treats the psychological attributes of women and men as emergent given the evolved characteristics of the sexes, their developmental experiences, and their situated activity in society.read more
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Sex Differences in Aggression in Real-World Settings: A Meta-Analytic Review:
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Why can't a man be more like a woman? Sex differences in Big Five personality traits across 55 cultures.
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Marital quality and health: A meta-analytic review.
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The Science of Sex Differences in Science and Mathematics
Diane F. Halpern,Camilla Persson Benbow,David C. Geary,Ruben C. Gur,Janet Shibley Hyde,Morton Ann Gernsbacher +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that early experience, biological factors, educational policy, and cultural context affect the number of women and men who pursue advanced study in science and math and that these effects add and interact in complex ways.
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