Meta-Analysis Reveals Adult Female Superiority in "Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test"

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Are women the more empathetic gender? The effects of gender role expectations (2021, background): “…no significant gender difference (e.g., Kim and Lee 2010; Lamm et al. 2011), some research demonstrated higher female competence (e.g., Baron- Cohen and Wheelwright 2004; Hall and Matsumoto 2004; Kirkland et al. 2013), whereas some studies even found male superiority (e.g., Lennon et al. 1986).”
Occupation and Gender (2017, background): “, 2010, Kirkland et al., 2013). 9 Bacolod and Blum (2010) also demonstrate that increased demand for social skills might account for the narrowing of the gender wage gap.”
Gender-Typed Play and Social Abilities in Boys and Girls: Are They Related? (2016, background): “…in a meta-analysis of adults from the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, and several countries from Europe and South America (Kirkland et al. 2013), although there was no gender difference found among British children aged 6–13 years in other studies (Chapman et al. 2006;…”
Empathy, gender, and prosocial behavior (2020, background): “The empirical evidence largely supports the view that women are more empathic than men as measured by: self-reported questionnaires (Baron-Cohen & Wheelwright, 2004; Davis, 1980, 1994), reading faces or motor cues of others (Hall, 1978; McClure, 2000), reading eyes (Baron-Cohen et al. 1997, 2001; Ki”