The important thing to remember for ~every~ gender-related study you see: The differences within genders almost always VASTLY outweigh the differences between genders
This tends to hold true for virtually every gender difference you find. They're usually very small effects, not the enormous difference people make them out to be
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Note: this is largely when we're talking socially-influenced traits like intelligence or maths ability, NOT when we're talking medical/biological issues where there are obvious and large differences
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Note (cont): for example, you find far less diabetes in women and far more prostate cancer in men
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