New Study Says Women Are "NICER " And More "GENEROUS" Than Men

Culled From Metro.co.uk

Researchers at the University of Zurich have found that women are nicer and 
more generous than men.

 If you’re thinking this sounds unlikely and also quite annoying, we’ve got you. Bear with.

The researchers discovered that male and female brains react differently to ‘prosocial’ (otherwise known as selfless) and selfish behaviours. The brain’s rewards system, known as the stratium, releases dopamine when triggered and therefore makes us want to do some more than others, things on the basis that they will make us feel happier.

The research found that women were more likely to experience a higher level of dopamine when they did something selfless than men were.

It means that women are more incentivised by kindness than men.

 The differences between male and female brains didn’t stop there.

 In another experiment scientists gave medication to participants that barred the dopamine from being released, subsequently rendering the stratium dormant.

Interestingly, on this occasion the women behaved more selfishly whereas men exhibited more ‘prosocial’ traits such as generosity and helpfulness.

 However, that’s not to say that all of this is fixed by what gender you are.

 These aren’t necessarily predestined attributes, but are just as likely to be a result of social conditioning.

For instance, if girls are brought up to be praised for being selfless and kind, and boys are brought up being praised for being brave or strong, those attributes will become associated with positive experiences.

 The leader of the study Alexander Soutschek explained this, saying: ‘The reward and learning systems in our brains work in close cooperation.

Empirical studies show that girls are rewarded with praise for “prosocial” behaviour, implying that their reward systems learn to expect a reward for helping behaviour instead of selfish behaviour.

 ‘With this in mind, the gender differences that we observed in our studies could best be attributed to the different cultural expectations placed on men and women.’

So basically, you might be a bit nicer if you’re a woman but only because society pushed you in to it.

We suggest you demand someone makes you supper tonight and then refuse to do the washing up, for the purposes of gender equality.