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Men and women are not nearly as different as the media and pop psychologists would lead us to believe, according to a new metastudy of gender research.

Girls don't have the same mathematical proclivity as boys? Not true. Men can't communicate as well as women can in relationships? Not so either. And it turns out that the self-esteem problems usually associated with teenage girls are just as pronounced in teenage boys.


This article was originally published with the title Not Mars or Venus.



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