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Not necessarily. There is a lot of anecdotal theories that women care more about how they are perceived by their peers. There might also be some research (a min
by tomp 12y ago
Not necessarily. There is a lot of anecdotal theories that women care more about how they are perceived by their peers. There might also be some research (a minute of Googling brought up this, although I'm quite sceptical of most sociological/psychological research).
> The researchers concluded that women seek to regain a sense of belonging whereas men are more interested in regaining self-esteem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_rejection#Ball_toss_.2F_cyberball_experiments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_rejection#Ball_toss_.2F_...
- tptacek 12y agoI'm not sure why I'm meant to put much weight on "anecdotal theories of women" while staring down the barrel of an 80/20 gender gap that is basically unique to computer science.