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by Regardsyjc 2736 days ago
Could this explain why women may be considered more empathic or compassionate considering gender imbalances across societies?
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Might make sense. I've noticed a trend where people who come from less privileged backgrounds are more empathetic/compassionate, possibly from experience or out of necessity, whereas their more wealthy/powerful counterparts have the luxury of treating people however they please.
I worked at a job where I loaded up people's cars and trucks and around 25% of people tipped. I always found it funny how the more expensive the car, the less likely they were to tip.
Maybe in part, although I think girls, more so than boys, also tend to be raised to care for others as well as express their own emotions, which would make them better at reading others' emotions too.
Girls certainly do seem to care more about appearing caring and compassionate than the average guy would want to (in contrast, a 'male' upbringing would tend to phrase pro-social norms in terms of things like fairness, a strong character and the inner pride of pursuing a virtuous life), but to imagine that they're more pro-social in general seems like a bit of a stretch! (I mean, it's not like girls can't be just as mean and spiteful to others when they have the inclination and opportunity to be.)