Nurturance, Caring, Sociability
Both anecdotal reports and many empirical studies suggest that our societal stereotype that girls and women are more nurturance and caring than boy and men (Deaux & Lewis,1984) is grounded in differences that can be empirically measured with good reliability (Feingold, 1994; Taylor et al., 2002). Cross-cultural studies (Whiting and Edwards, 1988) likewise indicate that in most societies young girls nurture more than their male counterparts. There is also substantial literature suggesting that older girls and adult women nurture more than do males of corresponding ages (Stockard & Johnson, 1992).