Technology Enables and Reduces Sex Differences in Society

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Chapter 10 - Technology Enables and Reduces Sex Differences in Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2019

Jens Mazei

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Todd L. Pittinsky

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Todd L. Pittinsky: Affiliation:
Stony Brook University, State University of New York

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Few topics have sparked as much interest, not only among scientists but also among politicians and the general public, as the topic of sex differences. In what specific psychological qualities and behaviors do women differ from men (Hyde, 2007, 2014) and how can such differences be explained (Eagly & Wood, 1999, 2013)? These issues are important because a thorough understanding of them would inform business practices and political debates (for example, about the reasons for the lack of female top executives; Eagly & Carli, 2007; Eagly & Karau, 2002) and because they concern key decisions that people make in their private lives (for example, about the qualities they look for in a mate or the level of income they seek; Tinsley, Howell, & Amanatullah, 2015; Zentner & Mitura, 2012).

People are also intrigued by the question of how technology and electronic media affect societies and individual behaviors.

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Information: Science, Technology, and Society
New Perspectives and Directions
, pp. 234 - 252

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316691489.010 [Opens in a new window]

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