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differenceblog Dec 01, 2006 08:21

Robin Hanson in Overcoming Bias discusses gender differences in complaining: "the politically correct theory, that women have worse lives, seems both wrong and biased." Kowalski's 1996 review of complaining suggests that Hanson is correct in observing that women complain more. However, it is suggested both speaker's and listener's impression of ( Read more... )

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