[6] In this perspective,
social differences between the sexes are created by society rather than innate.
Some of
the social differences between the sexes could very well derive from natural causes.
The results suggest that the life expectancy gender gap can't be fully explained by behavioral and
social differences between the sexes, such as risk - taking or violence.
Not exact matches
Whereas
sex is a matter of biological
differences between men and women, gender refers to
social differences based on these sexual
differences.
Whereas
sex is a matter of biological
difference between men and women, gender refers to
social differences based on these sexual
differences.
A first and still very common version of differentialism is the naturalist one: innate
differences between the
sexes are supposed to explain different behaviours and
social positions.
The new study raises questions about whether
social pressures that disempower women actually contribute to hormonal
differences between the
sexes.
«Female chimpanzees don't fight for «queen bee» status: Study of
social rank in wild chimps shows striking
differences between the
sexes.»
Past research has found a significant correlation
between overall cognitive ability and individual
differences in brain size, age,
sex,
social class, and ethnic background.
The objectives of the present study were (a) to investigate whether clique isolation from age 11 to 13 years is a
social risk factor for subsequent depressive symptoms in early adolescence; (b) to test the potential role of loneliness and perceived
social acceptance as cognitive and emotional constructs underlying the link
between clique isolation and depressive symptoms; and (c) to explore possible
sex differences in the association
between clique isolation and depressive symptoms.
In line with earlier findings about the association
between problematic peer relations and depression in childhood and adolescence (Ladd and Troop - Gordon 2003; La Greca and Moore Harrison 2005; Pedersen et al. 2007), we did not find
sex differences in the association
between clique isolation and subsequent depressive symptoms and also not in the mediating role of loneliness and
social self perception.