Men and Women - Alien Personalities?

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By Neuroskeptic
Jan 10, 2012 2:41 AMNov 5, 2019 12:14 AM

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How different are men and women? Are they from two different planets?

In the cleverly-titled The Distance Between Mars and Venus, the authors argue that personality-wise, the differences between men and women have been underestimated by previous studies because they used simplistic statistics.

Traditional studies of gender and personality have given some men and some women a personality quiz, and calculated the average male and female scores on the different aspects of personality.

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