Do women and men live by different ethical values? I suppose the stereotypical view would be that women care more about ’soft’ values like Gentleness and Empathy, while men are more concerned with ‘hard’ values like Honour and Perseverance. So is this picture supported by the data from the Actics Community?
Not exactly… Or to be more precise: not remotely. Here are the five most popular values, arranged in alphabetical order, of one of the sexes:
- Empathy, Environmentalism, Integrity, Openness, Tolerance
And here are the five most popular values, again in alphabetical order, of the other sex:
- Empathy, Environmentalism, Integrity, Strength of Character, Tolerance
It’s not exactly what you’d call wildly divergent, is it? One tiny difference- that is all the Actics data turns up. And now for a little quiz for anyone who’s interested: which way round do you think it is? Is it women who live by Strength of Character and men who live by Openness, or vice versa?
In any case, the conclusion we can draw from all of the above is clear:
Men Are from Somewhere Between Mars and Venus- and So Are Women
But I guess that’s not exactly the sort of catchy long-live-stereotypes title (besides, the capitalization gets a bit tricky) that will catapult a book to the top of the bestseller lists.