No matter where they live in the world, no matter what their cultural or family influences: In general, women are better at empathizing with other people than men, according to a study published Monday
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge in the UK, said the study is the largest of its kind to date looking at a particular form of empathy – something scientists call “theory of mind” or “cognitive empathy.” Empathy is an important quality because it governs the way in which people interact socially, and it impacts the way their personal relationships develop.
Merging their results with large samples from different online platforms, the authors of the study were able to capture results from nearly 306,000 people across 57 countries including Argentina, Croatia, Egypt, India, Japan and Norway. In 36 countries, women scored on average significantly higher in their cognitive empathy scores than men did. In 21 of the countries, women’s and men’s scores were similar. There wasn’t a single country in which men scored better, on average, than women.
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