Personality Differences in Gender

Gender Differences in Personality Are Women and Men Really That Different? Mark Joyce A00025340 Judith Butler once said “There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... Identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results”, which is a great quote for the topic of gender differences in personality. Over the past century many researchers have studied the gender differences in personality and many theories have been stated. When looking at the most recent articles written three major topics kept coming up, personality based on cognition and leadership, gender differences in personality tests and gender differences in social behavior. After doing research it was evident that the study of gender differences still has room for improvement and advancement due to the facts of stereotypes and expectations, it is evident that in order to study personality you must begin at the evolutionary aspects of our ancestors and how people behaved to survive. With a study done by psychologist Janet Shibley Hyde PhD of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, she showed that men and women are basically alike in terms of personality, cognitive ability and leadership, by doing an analysis of 46 meta-analyses that were conducted during the last two decades of the twenty century. She discovered that males and females from childhood to adulthood are a lot alike on most psychological variables. When using meta-analytical techniques in the nineteen eighties she analyze how her earlier studies assessed the impact of gender on many psychological abilities and traits, including cognitive abilities, verbal and non-verbal communication, aggression, leadership, self esteem, moral reasoning and motor behaviors. The psychological variables examined by doctor Hyde only had a few main differences, compared with women, men could throw farther, were more physically aggressive, masturbated more frequently, and held a more positive attitude

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