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Mars and Venus

Mars and Venus in the... Parking Garage?

Sam Sommers | Posted 04.07.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mars and Venus, Aggression, Gender, Parking, Spatial Skill, Dating, Situations Matter, Evolution, Navigation, Gender and Differences, Men and Women, Men Women, Men vs Women, Gender Differences, Gender Difference, New Research, Gender Differences Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, Video, Healthy Living News
Sam Sommers

It's one of the perils of theorizing about sex differences: Our own expectations and intuitions get in the way. We hear about a study that reveals a significant sex gap and we immediately jump to conclusions.

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Context, Gender, and Why Riley's Right to Be Pissed Off About Toys

Sam Sommers | Posted 03.06.2012 | Parents
Read More: Halloween Costumes, Viral Videos, Newborns, Youtube, Sex Differences, Gender, Daughters, Happy Meal, Star Wars, Fast Food, Mars and Venus, Speed Dating, Context, Math, Situations Matter, Stereotype Threat, Video Games, Video, Parents News
Sam Sommers

Behavioral science has now shown us that many of the gender differences we habitually chalk up to biology or evolution aren't as set in stone as we assume.

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What You Don't Know About People

Sam Sommers | Posted 02.29.2012 | Home
Read More: Personality Types, Situations Matter, Curriculum, Context, Personality, Kindergarten, Crowds, Airlines, Customer Service, Human Nature, Negotiation, Gender Differences, Mars and Venus, Gym, Sex Differences, Attraction, Gender, Arousal, Dating, Internet Dating, Video, Home News
Sam Sommers

You've been lied to. Or, at the very least, misled. It's simply not true that everything you need to know about life you learned in Kindergarten.

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The Relationship Between Power And Infidelity

Sam Sommers | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Gender Differences, Anthony Weiner, Bill Clinton, Mars and Venus, Hard-Wired-for-Heirarchy, Biology, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marital Infidelity, Gender, Infidelity, John Ensign, Sex, Tiger Woods, John Edwards, Men and Women, Extramarital Affair, Cheating, Evolution, Newt Gingrich, Confidence, David Letterman, Status, Power, Psychological Science, Dateline NBC, Cheating Spouse, National Enquirer, Brain Science, Healthy Living News
Sam Sommers

What if the presumed sex difference in infidelity isn't as set-in-stone as we assume it is? What if power does predict unfaithfulness, but no more so for men than women?

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Why Men and Women Make Different Ethical Choices

Mark Matousek | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mars and Venus, Sex, Frans De Waal, E. O. Wilson, Ethics, Morality, Love, Ethical Wisdom, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Mark Matousek

While men would be wise to grasp the possibility that there are no absolute moral truths, and that not all people have equal needs, women can be encouraged to separate feeling from thinking long enough to protect themselves from unfair treatment.

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