THE MALE GENDER EMPATHY GAP: TIME FOR PSYCHOLOGY TO TAKE ACTION

Martin Seager (mjfjseager@btinternet.com)
Southend Treatment and Recovery Service (Change, Grow, Live, Southend, UK)
Warren Farrell (warren@warrenfarrell.com)
Independent scholar (US)
John Barry (john.barry@ucl.ac.uk)
University College London, Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, London WC1E 6BT, UK

Abstract

Gender is not just an equality issue, but a diversity issue. Although differences are celebrated in every other field, in the social sciences, gender differences are denied or played down. We aren't supposed to generalize about gender, because “ in general “ men and women are the same, supposedly. However as human beings, most people intuitively recognise that although men and women share many similarities, we are different in important ways.

Author Biography

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

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