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He mentioned there is scientific evidence that males tend to like "things" while females tend to like "people". I've heard this before on HN...can someone poin
by em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
He mentioned there is scientific evidence that males tend to like "things" while females tend to like "people". I've heard this before on HN...can someone point me to this research?
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoI did a google search: "Men and things, women and people: a meta-analysis of sex differences in interests." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19883140 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19883140
- siliconc0w 9y agoI somehow found a pastebin with a link to the full study: https://pastebin.com/PjpuFS5U https://pastebin.com/PjpuFS5U It should be noted that this particular study doesn't claim the 'thing':'people' differences are biological, just observed. He does mention something about 'pre-natal testosterone' but that doesn't appear to be in this study. edit: found http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X11001292 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X11... which suggests pre-natal hormones can influence interest in STEM occupations. this one talks about finger lengths influencing interests which is kinda cool: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886910002801 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886910...
- 13124452 9y agothere's unfortunately not a significant scientific consensus on the issue by the psychology community at large due to the sheer number of confounding factors in these sorts of studies, and pretty much anybody who tells you there's a definitive answer is probably trying to sell you something