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Women less tolerant of each other than men are

by LotusFlower | February 14, 2009 at 03:53 pm

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A new report finds that women are less tolerant of each other than men are. Women it appears weight negative information higher than men do. The researchers think that this might be why more women say that they prefer to work for a man than another woman.

The research, published in the US journal Psychological Science, found that women formed a negative view of their peers much quicker than men did.

The team from Emmanuel College in Boston asked male and female college students to rate their room-mates under different scenarios.

When asked to judge how they would rate their room-mates if they carried out a single fictional act of negative behaviour, after they had been otherwise completely trustworthy, women were far more likely to be critical of them.

Men, on the other hand, were much more tolerant.

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Slomka Luke (not verified)

at 08:09 on February 15th, 2009

just as i always thought, it has always seemed like that to me in my everyday life.

LotusFlower

at 08:14 on February 15th, 2009

but i find women often really more able to listen than men

Fripouille

at 13:56 on February 16th, 2009

Interesting. In all objectivity (for what that word's worth, granted) I can honestly understand those conclusions. I have the firm impression that, during my long and varied professional life, women seem to be much more critical of their female superiors than men. In fact, the violence of their criticism has even surprised me on occasions.

Don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying that male sexism and patronising attitudes don't exist, of coure they do, but the most vituperative and spiteful comments towards female superiors I hear do seem to come from women...

Could this be to do with women being jealous of other womens' success?