Our perceptions of masculinity and femininity are swayed by our sense of touch

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 12:10 in Psychology & Sociology

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 if they're touching something hard and as female if they're touching something soft...

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