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The Heroine with a Thousand Faces : Universal Trends in the Characterization of Female Folk Tale Protagonists
by: shinta, 19 pagesLiterary scholars and psychologists have long remarked striking similarities in the depiction of male heroes in the world's folk tale traditions. The best-known attempt to document and explain these ...
More Males Run Relatively Fast in U.S. Road Races: Further Evidence of a Sex Difference in Competitiveness
by: shinta, 12 pagesDeaner (2006) recently showed that among elite U.S. runners, two to four times as many males as females run fast relative to sex-specific world-class standards. Previous questionnaire ...
The effect of mood on opposite-sex judgments of males' commitment and females' sexual intent
by: shinta, 23 pagesGender differences in perceptions of sexual intent and commitment have been the subject of formal and informal inquiry for considerable time. One evolutionary theory, Error Management Theory (EMT), ...
The Gender Similarities Hypothesis
by: shinta, 12 pagesThe differences model, which argues that males and females are vastly different psychologically, dominates the popular media. Here, the author advances a very different view, the ...
Cross-National Patterns of Gender Differences in Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis
by: shinta, 25 pagesA gender gap in mathematics achievement persists in some nations but not in others. In light of the underrepresentation of women in careers in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering, ...
Gender Differences in Risk Assessment: Why do Women Take Fewer Risks than Men?
by: shinta, 16 pagesAcross many real-world domains, men engage in more risky behaviors than do women. To examine some of the beliefs and preferences that underlie this difference, 657 participants assessed their ...
Gender Roles and Infant/Toddler Care: The Special Case of Tenure Track Faculty
by: shinta, 34 pagesThe present research examines the impact of parental leave policies and gender-role attitudes on the distribution of childcare responsibilities in the families of 184 tenure-track assistant ...
Cohort effects on gender differences in alcohol dependence
by: shinta, 12 pagesRecently, attention has turned to gender differences in the patterning of alcohol consumption over time and the course and presentation of alcohol dependence. In the 1960s and 1970s ...
Gender, gender identity, rape myth acceptance, and time of initial resistance on the perception of acquaintance rape blame and avoidability
by: shinta, 10 pagesAlthough there was a proliferation of research focusing on subjects' perceptions of rape victims and perpetrators during the 1970 and 1980s, questions remain regarding the role of gender ...
Gender differences in emotional response among European Americans and Hmong Americans
by: shinta, 20 pagesThe present study examined the effects of gender on the emotional responses (physiology, self-reports of emotion, and emotional facial behaviour) of European Americans (EA) and Hmong ...
