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Gender Similarities and Differences

Annual Review of Psychology, 2014
Whether men and women are fundamentally different or similar has been debated for more than a century. This review summarizes major theories designed to explain gender differences: evolutionary theories, cognitive social learning theory, sociocultural theory, and expectancy-value theory.
E Ashby Plant
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Gender Differences in Epilepsy

Epilepsia, 2005
Summary:  Purpose: The aim of this study was to look at gender differences in unselected populations of patients with epilepsy classified according to the 1989 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) criteria. Methods: Data were obtained from two sources: (a) the EpiBase database at the outpatient clinic at the Department of Neurology, Aarhus ...
Christensen, Jakob; id_orcid 0000-0002-9385-6435, Kjeldsen, Marianne Juel, Andersen, Henning, Friis, Mogens Laue, Sidenius, Per   +4 more
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Gender differences in thermoregulation

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2001
Women differ from men in thermal responses to exogenous heat load and heat loss as well as to endogenous heat load during exercise, because they usually have a larger ratio of body surface to body mass, a greater subcutaneous fat content, and lower exercise capacity. When these differences are eliminated in experimental studies, it appears that women's
H, Kaciuba-Uscilko, R, Grucza
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Gender differences in pharmacokinetics

European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, 1996
There is growing awareness that the underrepresentation of women in clinical trials and in particular in phase I studies may lead to incorrect handling of drugs. Despite the fact that investigations are not informed in a systematic way, there are a number of examples showing pharmacokinetic differences between gender.
C H, Gleiter, U, Gundert-Remy
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Gender Inequality and Gender Differences in Authoritarianism

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2012
Authoritarianism may be endorsed in part as a means of managing and buffering psychological threats (e.g., Duckitt & Fisher, 2003; Henry, 2011). Building on this research, the authors postulated that authoritarianism should be especially prevalent among women in societies with high levels of gender inequality because they especially face more ...
Mark J, Brandt, P J, Henry
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Gender difference and gender disadvantage

Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 1990
This paper explores the theoretical foundations of American sex discrimination law. Traditional legal frameworks have analyzed gender issues in terms of gender difference. Yet, inder this approach, sex-based differences have been both overlooked and overvalued.
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Gender Differences in Schizophrenia

Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2003
Sex differences in schizophrenia can be caused by the disease process itself, by genetic and hormonal differences, by differences in the maturation and morphology of the brain and in age- and gender-specific behavioural patterns. These hypotheses will be tested on the major results reported in the literature as well as on different levels (epidemiology,
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