Oct 20, 2005 · Hyde suggests instead that men and women stop talking prematurely because they have been led to believe that they can't change supposedly "innate" sex-based traits. Hyde has observed that children also suffer the consequences of exaggerated claims of gender difference -- for example, the widespread belief that boys are better than girls in math.

Jun 27, 2024 · Women make up 42% of the global workforce and 31.7% of senior leaders, lagging behind men in nearly every industry and economy, according to LinkedIn data cited in the Forum’s report. While women hold 50% of entry-level positions, they still lack access to the C-suite, with only 25% of top positions.

The authors cited previous research that found women suffer more than men from depression, because “women ruminate more frequently than men, focusing repetitively on their negative emotions and problems rather than engaging in more active problem solving.” The findings support gender-focused prevention and treatment efforts, the study said.

Jun 11, 2024 · The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time …

Nevertheless, the studies suggested that men and women on the whole possess an equal aptitude for math and science. In fact, boy and girl infants were found to perform equally well as young as 6 months on tasks that underlie mathematics abilities.

Apr 1, 2003 · Men and women experience sexual arousal very differently, not only physiologically but psychologically, according to researchers who are studying arousal using an array of new and refined methods. Those methods are making it possible for researchers to understand the causes of real-world problems, such as sexual dysfunction and high-risk sexual ...

Nov 1, 2023 · But women were more likely than men to report feeling “consumed” by money woes (50% versus 44%), including those related to both essential and unexpected costs. Women were also more likely than men to cite family responsibilities (58% versus 52%) and relationships (49% versus 44%) as key stressors in their lives.

In psychology, women began earning more PhDs than men in the late 1980s. In 1991, APA established a task force to examine this trend. "When I got my doctorate in 1976 and I first started to go to professional meetings, it was a handful of women and sea of white men," says Dorothy W. Cantor, PsyD, a former APA president and chair of the task ...

Jun 20, 2023 · Women also outnumber men, though to a lesser degree, in Education (54.0%) and Consumer Services (51.8%). The Government and Public sector is the only one showcasing a fairly balanced distribution of men and women across occupations, with women accounting for almost half (49.7%) of the workforce in 2023 (down from 50% in 2022).

Jul 8, 2024 · Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for boys and men or girls and women. These influence the ways that people act, interact, and feel about themselves. While aspects of biological sex are similar across different cultures, aspects of gender may differ.