Orenstein (2002) found that women had higher belief in the paranormal than men when other factors were not controlled. While Orenstein did find that conventional religious belief appeared to correlate with paranormal belief, an inverse relationship was found with church attendance in both men and women. As we've previously noted, women are ( Read more... )

Despite ample evidence that women tend to have worse jobs, studies find that women report equal or higher levels of job satisfaction as men. While many studies seem to focus on the women's relative happiness, asking "Why Aren't Women More Dissatisfied?" (Hodson 1989) or "Why are women so happy at work?" (Clark 1997), few studies seem to examine ( Read more... )

Studies have consistently shown that women tend to be more religious than men. Researchers have associated this difference with such possible mediators as risk-taking (Miller and Hoffman, 1995), locus of control (Fiori et al, 2006), prioritization of values (Saroglou, 2004), and gender orientation (Thompson, 1991). L. J. Francis's 1997 review ( Read more... )