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Women who see gender differences generally attribute them to societal expectations, while men tend to point to biological differences http://pewrsr.ch/2AT8ELc pic.twitter.com/ZCvkjmGArv
Women tend to be more religious, less likely to be atheists, have more engaged image of God, much more likely to believe in paranormal and have paranormal experiences. See, for example: https://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/33304.pdf …
Whilst men are more likely to fall for conspiracy theories. A meeting with psychics - way more women. A meeting of UFO believers - way more men. Michael Shermer is good on this.
Good point. My speculation doesn't address the UFO thing. But see:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639408/ …
"As far as sex differences are concerned, the only significant effect was observed for the US, t(1119) = 3.40, p = 0.001, d = 0.20, with women (M = 6.5; SD = 1.9) scoring slightly higher than men (M = 6.1; SD = 2.1)."
But in support of your point: https://tinyurl.com/y9hx3wgqf finds men higher on conspiracy beliefs, and finds that paranormal beliefs don't predict conspiracy as strongly as paranoia. (I'm guessing variation in results stemming from how they measure "conspiracy")
Different motivations, the hypothesis is. Being drawn to conspiracy theories seems to be less about wanting to believe in things but to have hidden knowledge and feel in some kind of control.
Reminds me of the notion that male investors are more prone to throwing money after some hot tip (hidden knowledge). See "Warren Buffet Invests Like a Girl."
Seconding the observation that conspiracy theories are (often) about control (The world is run by Illuminati, The UN is poisoning ppl w/flouride, the CIA murdered Kennedy to do X, etc) while paranormal stuff tends to be more fluffy or relationshipy (eg contacting dead relatives)
Yes, exactly. The argument that people who believe conspiracy theories are trying to simplify and make understandable things that go wrong because it makes them feel safer than the possibility that bad shit just happens is a strong one. Fills a different need to the fluffy one.
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