Citation

Pettitt LM. New Dir. Child Adolesc. Dev. 2004; (106): 23-34.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/cd.114

PMID

15707160

Abstract

Gender differences are a provocative subject with good reason: they are implicated as contributors to important societal problems. Gender differences in math achievement contribute to limited career options for women (Center for Early Adolescence, 1984; Stipp, 1992), which may in turn affect their economic self-sufficiency. Gender differences in social norms about competition and closeness contribute to power and communication problems in female-male relationships, with consequences for family stability and domestic violence (Leaper, 1994). Understanding the origins of gender differences, therefore, has important societal implications.

Language: en