Homosexuals are similar to their opposite sex, at least on empathy and systematizing

作者: Jean Carlos Natividade

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关键词: Social relationEmpathySexual orientationCorrelationDevelopmental psychologyFeelingPsychologyGender orientationEmpathy quotientPositive correlation

摘要: Empathy and systematizing are personal characteristics that show normal-distributed levels within men women. is characterized as a tendency to identify emotions feelings of another person responding accordingly in situations social interaction. Systematizing refers an inclination analyze systematically seek patterns for wide sort objects. Although women oscillate their empathy systematizing, on average, have higher systematizing. These differences been attributed sexual-differentiation-related mechanisms contribute the development systematizing; primarily, exposure prenatal androgens. Fetal androgens has also associated with sexual orientation manifest later. Based evidences found scientific literature, it assumed there relationships among factors drive typically male female brains terms aspects regulate orientation. Accordingly, this study was elaborated order test following hypothesis: between will be exacerbated heterosexual individuals reduced homosexual individuals. Consequently, than men, these homosexuals not so prominent. At same time, women, whereas sex decrease. A sample 1464 adults accessed, mean age 28 years, from all regions Brazil, mostly South. Most participants presented themselves (80.5%), others bisexual (6.6%), (6.6%) some were classified (6.3%). All answered questionnaire Brazilian versions Quotient Scale, Gender Orientation Scale. Differences heterosexuals, bisexuals tested, interaction both. Heterosexual showed significantly greater however difference decreased significant. On other hand, group Additionally, correlations Typified Mixed dimensions gender tested. For positive correlation dimension, negative dimension; opposite. no dimension had dimension. The results suggest substrate promotes or brains, may promote direction orientation, same-sex opposite-sex.

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