Women have this belief that men are less emotional, stone hearted and
rarely feel anything, but science has made me think otherwise.
According to a 2013 study carried out by neurologists at Mindlab, men
are actually more sensitive than women when it comes to all sorts of
emotional stimuli – they are just better at hiding it.
Scientists asked two groups of volunteers, 15 fathers and 15 mothers,
to watch a series of videos while their physiological responses were
measured by skin conductance electrodes.
The content was categorised into four topics: blissful, funny,
exciting and heart-warming. The results were unexpected and left experts
surprised that men displayed marginally stronger reactions on average
to all of the first three.
The heart-warming category was even more shocking as experiment
showed that men actually responded twice as much to this content than
women.
Neuropsychologist Dr David Lewis, the director of Mindlab and a
former lecturer at the University of Sussex, said: “Gender stereotypes
about men being stoic and women being emotional are reinforced by our
day to day consumption of media and our social interactions.
“We tend to oversimplify and exaggerate the perceived differences
between men and women and are more likely to focus on evidence that
supports our existing gender stereotypes.”
“This study suggests that men feel emotion just as much as women,
sometimes more strongly, but are less willing to express these emotions
openly due to expectations put on them by society.”
However, after taking part in the research, the women still agreed to
being more emotional than men despite all psychological indications
leading to the contrary.
So ladies, don’t be deceived by the hardness of men—this study shows that men are emotional
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