Revolutionary Ideas
Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read

I did read the piece and not just the paragraphs cherry-picked for publishing by various Newspapers (mostly based on their political affiliation) or the journalistic “interpretations”.

Direct quote:

> Women on average show a higher interest in people and men in things

This concept of “interest in things vs. people” comes from the research of several Scientists, for example Richard Lippa, psychology professor at California State University . e.g.:

what are you doing when you are lost with your car:

  • Getting out the street maps and being hellbent of figuring it out yourself like a puzzle to solve?
  • Or finding a trustworthy looking local and simply asking them?

What do you like doing on your job?

  • Tinkering with a system and tools?
  • Or communicating with other people and building relationships?

etc

Some links to a couple of papers:

1. “Gender Differences in Personality and Interests: When, Where, and Why?” (R. Lippa)

http://sci-hub.cc/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00320.x

2. “Men and Things, Women and People: A Meta-Analysis of Sex Differences in Interests” (Rong Su, Patrick Ian Armstrong, James Rounds)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38061313_Men_and_Things_Women_and_People_A_Meta-Analysis_of_Sex_Differences_in_Interests

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