Questions tagged [gender]
For questions relating to biological and social characterizations of gender and attributable differences in behavior and psychological processes based on these constructs.
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1. Men value physical attractiveness more than Women when dating. 2. Men are more likely to have casual sex than Women. How about for Transgender?
It is a common sense that men statistically place much more important on physical attractiveness when dating, no matter whether they are heterosexual or homosexual:
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Is it more likely that ftm are gay/bisexual than mtf?
What I read online is mostly about gay/bisexual ftm but rarely about gay/bisexual mtf.
According to some studies, women are more likely to be bisexual than men. So is this the case as well for ftm? ...
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Are traditional masculinity norms optimal in terms of mating preferences?
Are traditional masculinity norms optimal in terms of mating preferences?
In other words, do women prefer men who exhibit those traditional gender norms of masculinity?
Traditional gender norms of ...
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Do transgender people have a heightened awareness of gender identity compared to cisgender people?
In my interactions with anti-trans people, I've noticed that many of them deny the existence of gender identity (including their own I would assume). As a cis man, I must admit that I am not really ...
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Intervention for gender dysphoria: Challenge the patient’s idea of gender roles and expectations?
According to the DSM-5, gender dysphoria is
a marked incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and assigned
gender.
This might be something which arises out of the patient’s perception ...
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Does the concept of internalized math stereotype provide an explanatory advantage?
The gender equality paradox is the paradoxical observation that in more egalitarian societies gender differences maximize.
This paper makes the following claims:
A common explanation put forward in ...
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How much bigger is sex drive in men than in women?
There are several studies that determine that sex drive in men is bigger than in women (which, anyway, is something that almost anyone can conclude by observing).
Here are some web pages examining ...
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Is there any evidence of a biologically predetermined, gendered psyche? [duplicate]
I am trying to understand if gender is a concept that gets reinforced through experience in the human conceptual system, a socially constructed composite of memories and experiences associated with ...
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When/how are suicide attempts reported?
There is something called the "gender paradox" which relates to differences in suicide attempt and suicide death rates between genders.
A very important piece of information I've been ...
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Transgenderism and personality
Has any research been conducted to study how individuals may vary on personality inventories, for example, the Big Five, based on whether they are cisgender versus transgender?
Broadly, inquiry may ...
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OCD or transgender? Or mix of them?
I had to study over recent years on layman level, whether OCD in general vs "transgender self-perception" (clinical definition of gender dysphoria?) are separate phenomena or they overlap.
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Why does Cross-sex hormone therapy have an opposite effect on cortical thickness?
In a recent lecture I was informed that cross-sex hormone therapy increases the cortical thickness in FtMs, but decreases CTh in MtFs. Why does this happen when studies find females have increased ...
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What is the current neuroscience perspective on the gender-equality paradox?
According to Wikipedia, the gender-equality paradox is the finding that various gender differences in personality and occupational choice are larger in more gender-equal countries.
When looking for ...
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gender related activism scale
I'm looking for a self-report measure that assesses involvement and interest in activism that centers around gender equity, including (but not limited to) topics like gender equality, segregation and ...
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Gender stereotypes
Guys i am new in gender studies, but somethings is really puzzeling to me. In Gender, nature, and Nurture from Richard A. Lippa there are comment about role of gender stereotypes in making "...
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Psychometric scales of gender
I have never read any study that has used a psychometric scale to find out the respondent's gender identity, sexual orientation or both. This makes me wonder if there are such scales or not, or if ...
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Has research established a negative relation between gender-neutral language and gender stereotyping of known individuals?
There has been some research on the effect of gender-neutral language on gender stereotypes. For instance, Lindqvist et al. (2017) studied the effect of gendered and non-gendered pronouns on ...
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Why there are tomboy but no Tomgirls?
Tomboys are girls who behave like men but most of them are not transgender and lesbian.
But why there are no tomgirls, boys who behave like girls but are not transgender and homosexual?
What is the ...
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What's the rationale behind marriages where the man is much older?
It is not uncommon to see couples where the two spouses are twenty to thirty years apart in age, that is, one third to one half of a lifetime apart. In such cases, it is much more common for the man, ...
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Is there a criterion to distinct between a philia and a paraphilia?
The terms "Androphilia" and "Gynephilia" describe the two major romantic and/or sexual orientation/s of humans → towards "masculine" ...
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Why are trans-women more common than trans-men?
Before I begin, note I have no animosity nor prejudice against anyone. Please keep the answers scientifically motivated.
Various surveys on trans populations have shown male to female transitions are ...
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Is Jordan Peterson correct when he states that "as societies become more egalitarian, personality differences across genders maximize"?
There are many videos (for example, here, here, and here) where Jordan Peterson claims that as societies become more egalitarian, personality differences across genders increase. He is often stating ...
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How many genders are there?
As I understand it gender is a self-assigned identity and is correlated but not wholly determined by sex.
Sex is presumably determined by the sex chromosomes present in the DNA of the cells of the ...
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Do women naturally form groups to defend themselves?
What I'm describing is also further explained in this post, written by and for women apparently.
Can this behaviour be attributed to the whole gender? Is it a social construct or the outcome of ...
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Can one reasonably guess the gender of a person from their writing/speech contents?
Is it possible to reasonably guess the gender of a person from a random sample of their writing (text, not handwriting)?
How about from the contents of their speech (not including their voice, of ...
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Does male preference for feminine women faces vary with bisexual orientantion and/or (BDSM) submisiveness?
I found some papers on the variance of male preference for "feminine" women faces:
"Men report stronger attraction to femininity in women's faces when their testosterone levels are high"
"Men’s ...
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Is this an example of objectification?
Here is the scenario:
A man and a woman meet at a conference. During a small talk, the man says "I will try to determine the sport you played by looking at your body type." Then he backs up, looks at ...
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What hormones stimulate non-sexual intimate behaviour?
From wikipedia article sexual motivation and hormones, it is said that testosterone/estrogen, oxytocin and vasopressin are stimulating sexual behaviour. But I'm wondering if any of these hormones are ...
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On what basis do professionals who recognize gender dysphoria support risky and permanent medical intervention for those seeking gender re-assignment?
Before I pose my question, here are some statements from a slideshow on "Understanding Gender Nonconformity in Childhood and Adolescence" by Robert Garofalo, attributed to the Children's ...
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Do men, on average, have a higher general intelligence score?
I'm aware of this study that was linked during an argument:
"Sex differences in brain size and general intelligence (g)"
and this question Gender differences in IQ among undergraduate psychology ...
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Is there a way for a man to be as sensitive as women in understanding other's thoughts and emotions?
If women are better than men at reading thoughts and emotions by looking at eyes, because they are born for this, then is there a way to make a man to be as sensitive as women?
Is it similar to ...
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Is there a scientific term for "situational" differences in behaviour?
Sorry for giving this such a vague title, as it is slightly difficult to explain.
The debate about differences in behaviour (say between the genders) is normally characterised as nature vs. nurture - ...
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Psychological effects of being recorded as genderless at birth
I was reading this article about a Canadian parent fighting for the right to not give their baby a gender after arguing that a simple biological examination cannot uncover the child’s true identity.
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Effects of treatment versus psychotherapy on mental health of transgender people
Has any reliable study been done to compare mental health (e.g. depression or suicide rate) of transgender people before and after procedures (hormone or surgery) intended to change their bodies to ...
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Why do people assume I am male online when I am female? [closed]
This is something that's never really bothered me too terribly much, but it's interesting how my word choice alone seems to lead people to believe that I am anything other than what I am. Not that ...
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Are women better at multitasking?
I've observed multiple occasions where females are better at multitasking than males. It's not rare to see a lady driving a car, doing her make up and talking on the phone at the same time. Once I ...
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Are the sides of the body associated with gender stereotypes?
For example, creating an experiment in which the words "male" and "female" would be presented on the left or right side of a screen, and participants had to click a left button for "male" and a right ...
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What does it even mean to have a male/female brain?
I have began taking a class on the sociology of gender and how gender is more malleable than previously thought and that femininity and masculinity exists in a continuum. What does this actually imply ...
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Evidence for gender-based math ability differences?
What evidence and counter-evidence is there for mathematical ability for being correlated with gender? If there is a difference, how significant is it (mean vs. variance) and when does it start to ...
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Can hate to same gender parent cause homosexualism? [closed]
I know a girl who is (or claims to be) lesbian.
I also know that big part of her childhood (12-now years) she hated her mother.
Her father left family when she was infant (1-2 years). I dont know what ...
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Searching for gender stereotype questionnaire specific to central europe
Reviewing the literature there are several inventories to measure gender stereotype values. For example, to name but a few:
the Adjective Check List (ACL; Williams & Bennett, 1975)
the Sex-Role ...
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Effect of enactive cognition on gender
I'm doing a PhD in archaeology and assyriology (cuneiform writing; Sumerian language), exploring the process of gendering that deities underwent during the 3rd millennium BC. I'm looking into using ...
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How is gender variance classified in the cognitive sciences?
I'm trying to do a quick, informal literature survey of current language pertaining to gender variant/trans* people. Do any important texts still use Gender Identity Disorder, or other language that ...
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Is gender biologically or socially determined?
I guess the word "gender" needs to be defined, but that is part of the problem I suppose, since it can mean many different things to many different people. By gender, I do not mean anatomical physical ...
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Are there gender differences in color discrimination ability?
There appears to be a prevalent stereotype that girls seem to have "heightened" color perception. By this term, I mean that they can identify the salient features of different shades of color. However,...
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Are males more likely to view homosexuals as mentally ill than females?
It's generally accepted that males tend to have a more negative attitude toward homosexuality than females:
Three studies conducted with students at six different universities revealed a consistent ...
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Do males or females have a greater fear of deception? [closed]
Question: Do males or females have a greater fear of deception?
The motivation for the question comes from a transgender context: I more frequently see reports of men being afraid of finding ...
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Conscious basis for gender identification
What conscious experiences lead a transgender person to identify with the opposite sex?
Physiology is clearly not determining.
Sexual orientation is not determining (homosexuality).
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Do women talk more than men?
If you believe the stereotype, women are much more talkative then men. Is there a kernel of truth to this stereotype? I have seen media reports of studies trying to debunk this as a myth. However, ...
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Is there a relationship between gender and the effectiveness of various psychotherapeutic methods? [closed]
While doing research on various existing psychotherapeutic methods and perspectives, I came to wonder whether there were any existing relationship between gender and the responsiveness to given ...
