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男人和女人可能终究来自同一个星球。美国一位心理学家说两性之间并没有那么多差异。
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威斯康新州立大学的女性研究专家珍妮特·谢博利·海德说男性和女性并不像大家所认为的差距那么大，其实他们很相近。
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她强调说研究表明男人和女人在个性、交流和领导能力等方面非常接近。 　
但是，英国的一位心理学家说两性之间确实有很多差异，我们应该认识到这一点。
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有一种<a href="http://edu.qq.com/jjxy/xy02.shtml" target="_blank" >流行</A>的观点认为男人和女人心理上的差异很大，我们经常可以在一些书中看到这样的观点，其中比较有影响的是约翰·格雷创作的《男人来自火星，女人来自金星》.
还有一些传统的观点认为女人比男人更感性，而男人的空间感更强。
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但是，海德博士在《美国心理学家》杂志上发表文章说，她研究了过去20年中进行的46次综合分析，结果表明男人和女人在大多数方面都非常相似。
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这些分析研究分别针对人们的认知能力、语言和非语言交流、社会或心理特征（例如进攻性和领导能力）以及心理幸福感（例如自尊）。
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海德博士认为，性别差异对研究中所观察的大多数心理变量没什么影响，或者影响非常小。
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她说只有在投掷的距离和身体的攻击性方面能够体现出男女的不同。
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但是英国心理学会发言人、诺桑比亚大学性别差异研究专家尼克·尼维博士却说男女确实有所不同。
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“科学家们应该为过分强调性别差异负责任。差异确实存在，忽略差异是愚蠢的，夸大差异是危险的。但是，这并不意味着整个社会不应该平等的对待男人和女人。”
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（中国日报网站 薛晓文译）
Men and women may be from the same planet after all. A US psychologist says there are not that many differences between the genders.
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Janet Shibley-Hyde, women's studies specialist from the University of Wisconsin, says men and women are more similar than the popular perception.
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She highlights studies showing similarities in personality, communication, and leadership.
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But a UK psychologist said there were differences which should be recognized.
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There is a popular perception that the psychological difference between men and women is substantial - as seen in books such as Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray.
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And there are stereotypes , such as women being more emotional than men, or men having better spatial awareness.
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But Dr Hyde, writing in American Psychologist, says her review of 46 meta-analyses conducted over the last 20 years, shows men and women are alike in the majority of areas.
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The studies looked at cognitive abilities, verbal and nonverbal communication, social or psychological traits like aggression or leadership, psychological well-being like self-esteem.
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Dr Hyde said gender differences accounted for either no or a very small effect for most of the psychological variables examined.
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She said only throwing distance and physical aggression showed marked gender differences.
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But Dr Nick Neave, a spokesman for the British Psychological Society and an expert in sex differences at the University of Northumbria, said men and women did differ.
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"Scientists have been guilty of over-emphasising sex differences. There are differences. Ignoring them is foolish, and exaggerating them is dangerous. But that doesn't mean that society shouldn't treat the genders equally."
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<STRONG>Vocabulary: </STRONG>
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stereotype : a conventional or formulaic conception or image（陈腔滥调，老套）
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