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Perceptions Of Masculinity And Femininity Are Swayed By Our Sense Of Touch

Gender stereotypes suggest that men are usually tough and women are usually tender. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds these stereotypes have some real bodily truth for our brains; when people look at a gender-neutral face, they are more likely to judge it as male […]

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DSM-5 Development Process Includes Emphasis On Gender And Cultural Sensitivity

The process for developing the American Psychiatric Association’s proposed diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has included careful consideration of how gender, race and ethnicity may affect the diagnosis of mental illness, according to the team responsible for DSM-5 development.

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