The New York Times: Single-sex education is ineffective, misguided and may actually increase gender stereotyping, a paper to be published Friday asserts. The report, “The Pseudoscience of Single Sex Schooling,” to be published in Science magazine by eight social scientists who are founders of the nonprofit American Council for CoEducational More
The Washington Post: The push for more single-sex instruction in public schools is based on weak, “misconstrued” scientific claims rather than solid research and may do more harm than good, according to a study published in the journal Science on Thursday. The authors, a group that includes psychologists, child development More
Hartford Courant: Gina, on behalf of all girls, you have a lot to apologize for. And you’ll be good at it, because that’s one of the things that girls do best. It’s been confirmed. A study published in the journal Psychological Science found that girls and guys each apologize for More
CBS News: “A real man doesn’t let anyone push him around.” If you agree with that that statement, you’re buying in to the “culture of honor” that predominates in some parts of the country. You could also be putting your life on the line, a new study suggests. Men who More
The Wall Street Journal: It may not pay to be nice in the workplace. A new study finds that agreeable workers earn significantly lower incomes than less agreeable ones. The gap is especially wide for men. The researchers examined “agreeableness” using self-reported survey data and found that men who measured More
U.S. News & World Report: Psychologists call it the “culture of honor,” a mostly male mindset that places a high value on defending one’s reputation at any cost. But new research confirms that it’s linked with high rates of accidental deaths. “People who embrace these values also report more risk-taking,” More
