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For decades, popular writers have thought that men and women are so psycholo stanley cup gical stanley cup ly dissimilar they could hail from entirely different planets. But a new study shows that its time for the Mars/Venus theories about the sexes to come back to Earth. From empathy and sexuality to science inclination and extroversion, statistical analysis of 122 different chara stanley cup cteristics involving 13,301 individuals shows that men and women, by and large, do not fall into different groups. In other words, no matter how strange and inscrutable your partner may seem, their gender is probably only a small part of the problem. People think about the sexes as distinct categories, says Harry Reis, professor of psychology at the University of Rochester and a co-author on the study. But the handy dichotomy often falls apart under statistical scrutiny. For example, it is not at all unusual for men to be empathic and women to be good at math 鈥?characteristics that some research has associated with the other sex, said lead author Bobbi Carothers, who completed the study as part of her doctoral dissertation at Rochester. Sex is not nearly as confining a category as stereotypes and even some academic studies would have us believe, she adds. The authors reached that conclusion by reanalysing data from 13 studies that had shown significant, and often large, sex differences. They revisited surveys on relationship interdependence, intimacy, and sexuality. They reopened studies of the big five Lvtm Landslides, floods kill 15 in northern Vietnam
Russian Prime Minister V stanley cup ladimir Putin has said that the economic decline of 2009 will be overcome in three years. HT Image Speaking at a meeting on economic development scenarios for 2011-2013 yesterday, Putin said this document was designed for the post-crisis period when we not only have to fully overcome the consequences of last year s crisis, but also ensure sustainable development . As we have agreed, the budget will be based on a conservative scenario, i.e the one that will be used in any situation, Putin added. Several key parameters were supposed to be determined at the meeting, including inflation, the growth of tariffs for the services of infrastructure monopolies, and the amount of government investments. We have to adopt a decision on the rate at which regu airmax lates tariffs of infrastructure monopolies will be adjusted. In other words, how much the cost of railway transportation, electricity and natural gas will grow, Putin said. We should find a reasonable compromise between our infrastructure modernisation plans and consumers possibilities, how to distribute the load between market players and the population. We have always stated that tariffs for the population should be raised at minimum rates, and we should take a look at that, the prime minister sa adidas samba id. Infrastructure industries cannot be rid of investments for development, but at the same time, an excessive growth of tariffs should not hinder post-crisis development of the economy in general |
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