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REAL LIFE NEWS: GUILT-FREE MEN

by Hazed

Women, you will probably not find this a surprise, but researchers have discovered that in Western societies, men feel far less guilt than women do.

The research was carried out by Spanish scientists and used people from three age groups: 156 teenagers, 96 young people and 108 adults, equally divided between males and females. The team of psychologists asked them what situations most often caused them to feel guilt, and also carried out empathetic tests and asked them to fill in a "guilt questionnaire".

The score for women in all three age groups was significantly higher than the men. The interpersonal sensitivity of men was much lower than women's - no real surprise there, either.

The most common causes of guilt were situations where we cause harm to others.

Read more about the study here.

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