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Questions tagged [gender]

Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them.

Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity.

Please use this tag to identify questions which are of the "male vs. female" type, e.g. "Are men more aggressive than women?", for the psychological and social aspects of sex and sexual activities in general.

See also http://meta.skeptics.stackexchange.com/a/652/96.

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Do women need more sleep than men?

The claim is that women need more sleep than men because they do more multi-tasking during the day. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2528920/Women-DO-need-sleep-men-Multi-tasking-means-brains-longer-recover.html
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Does taking paternity leave make you live longer?

I've just come across the following PubMed article (referenced here and here) which claims that taking paternity leave causes one to live longer: It has also been suggested that paternity leave [...] could benefit men's lifetime health. [...] The…
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Is the gender gap in male dominated areas possible to overcome by a simple self-esteem exercise?

15-minute writing exercise closes the gender gap in university-level physics According to the article the gender gap in an otherwise very male dominated field, is easy to overcome, all that is needed is to do is a 15 minute writing exercise to help…
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Were countries led by women more successful at handling COVID-19 in early 2020?

This claim's been around a bit, e.g. The Hill, Scoop Whoop, NYT. The countries named are Germany, New Zealand, Iceland, Finland, Belgium, Taiwan, Norway. I'm wondering if this claim cherry-picks the data. In particular, I'm aware of some countries…
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Are men naturally inclined to be better at STEM subjects than women?

It's commonly believed that men are better at STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) than women. I've heard before that men are naturally better at more logical thinking and problem-solving, while women have more emotional…
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Is there an imbalance between males and females in: problem-solving speed, aptitude to group work and emotional influence on actions?

According to pop-psychology book "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" written by relationship counselor John Gray, men and women think and feel in fundamentally different ways and should learn said differences in order for their relationships…
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Are women weak in religion and reasoning as compared to men?

When Prophet Muhammad compared men and women as follows in one of the hadith, which says women are weaker in reason and religious. While it is difficult to understand deficiency in religion I would like to know more about deficiency in reason. "I…
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Do age and gender discrimination compound in the workplace to reduce the odds of an older women being hired?

Forbes claims that gender and age discrimination compound more for women as they age, to the point where it can be difficult for older women to get jobs. The gender gap is pretty well-known, but I have heard less about the gender gap as it relates…
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Are LGBT activists allowed to make gender education in Kindergartens in Germany?

There are various rumors about this, particularly in the previous East Block. The goal of the activists is supposed to educate a more tolerant view for the children already in the early childhood. Opponents argument mostly by the (constitutional)…
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Do women in all-women shops earn less then men in all-men shops?

Many women & men raise issues of equal pay for equal work, but a recent analysis of Uber Drivers showed that women earned less because of working less or driving slowly; Uber Payment system did not Discriminate between genders. Similarly, those…
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Do women earn less than men for the same exact work?

Previous questions on the site such as this one and this one, as well as the answers and their sources address the gender pay gap on a broad scale, comparing the careers of all men to the careers of all women. The first one assumes a gender pay gap…
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Do Women Make Up 85% of All Consumer Purchases?

This video seems to be the source of the claim but I can't find what statistics they use to back it up. These figures are duplicated at She-Conomy: Women account for 85% of all consumer purchases including everything from autos to health…
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Is homosexuality genetic or can it be unlearned in one of those (christian) camps

Possible Duplicate: Is homosexuality innate? I suppose I was trying to be tad too PC earlier. I've seen quite a few anti-gay person saying that homosexuality is something that is learned and can be unlearned so to speak. To my understanding some…
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Is there a causal connection between the popular sceptics movement and the anti-trans character of mainstream British feminism?

In a New York Times article, Dr Sophie Lewis claims without citing further evidence: [The British anti-trans radical feminists] Ms. Parker and Ms. Long may not know it, but they’re likely influenced by the legacy of the British “Skepticism”…
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Do male human brains have better global efficiency than female human brains and female brains have better local efficiency in the right hemisphere?

Wikipedia writes in Lateralization of brain function: Significant differences between male and female hemispheric rivalry and dominance have been established. Male brains have significantly better global and rivalry efficiency between the…
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