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New paper! Reactions to Male-Favouring versus Female-Favouring Sex Differences: A Pre-Registered Experiment and Southeast Asian Replication https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjop.12463 [1/10]
![New paper! Reactions to Male-Favouring versus Female-Favouring Sex Differences: A Pre-Registered Experiment and Southeast Asian Replication https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjop.12463 [1/10]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed_blISVAAAHxhS.png "New paper! Reactions to Male-Favouring versus Female-Favouring Sex Differences: A Pre-Registered Experiment and Southeast Asian Replication https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjop.12463 [1/10]")
We were interested in two main issues: (1) how people react to research describing a sex difference, depending on whether the difference favours males or favours females, and (2) how accurately people can predict how the average man and average woman will react. [2/10]
In Study 1, Western participants (N = 492) viewed a fictional popular‐science article describing either a male‐favouring or a female‐favouring sex difference (i.e., men/women draw better; women/men lie more). [3/10]
![In Study 1, Western participants (N = 492) viewed a fictional popular‐science article describing either a male‐favouring or a female‐favouring sex difference (i.e., men/women draw better; women/men lie more). [3/10]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed_ewRCUwAEjGNc.png "In Study 1, Western participants (N = 492) viewed a fictional popular‐science article describing either a male‐favouring or a female‐favouring sex difference (i.e., men/women draw better; women/men lie more). [3/10]")
![In Study 1, Western participants (N = 492) viewed a fictional popular‐science article describing either a male‐favouring or a female‐favouring sex difference (i.e., men/women draw better; women/men lie more). [3/10]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed_exCsUYAE2Kfr.png "In Study 1, Western participants (N = 492) viewed a fictional popular‐science article describing either a male‐favouring or a female‐favouring sex difference (i.e., men/women draw better; women/men lie more). [3/10]")
Both sexes responded less positively to the male-favouring sex differences, judging the findings to be less important, less credible, and more offensive, harmful, and upsetting. [4/10]
![Both sexes responded less positively to the male-favouring sex differences, judging the findings to be less important, less credible, and more offensive, harmful, and upsetting. [4/10]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed_bpvHVAAI3ekq.png "Both sexes responded less positively to the male-favouring sex differences, judging the findings to be less important, less credible, and more offensive, harmful, and upsetting. [4/10]")
These reactions were related in part (but only in part) to people's political views and belief in male privilege. [5/10]
The more that participants leaned to the left politically, the more negatively they responded to the male-favouring findings. Interestingly, political orientation didn't predict responses to the female-favouring findings. [6/10]
The more privileged that participants thought men are over women, the more positive their reactions to female-favouring sex differences and the less positive their reactions to male-favouring ones (and vice versa for the minority who thought women are privileged over men). [7/10]
![The more privileged that participants thought men are over women, the more positive their reactions to female-favouring sex differences and the less positive their reactions to male-favouring ones (and vice versa for the minority who thought women are privileged over men). [7/10]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed_b1C0U8AEyTsO.png "The more privileged that participants thought men are over women, the more positive their reactions to female-favouring sex differences and the less positive their reactions to male-favouring ones (and vice versa for the minority who thought women are privileged over men). [7/10]")
Participants predicted that men would strongly prefer male-favouring findings whereas women would strongly prefer female-favouring findings. In this, they exaggerated women's preference for female-favouring findings, and got the direction of the effect wrong for men. [8/10]
![Participants predicted that men would strongly prefer male-favouring findings whereas women would strongly prefer female-favouring findings. In this, they exaggerated women's preference for female-favouring findings, and got the direction of the effect wrong for men. [8/10]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed_b3NNU8AELgzS.png "Participants predicted that men would strongly prefer male-favouring findings whereas women would strongly prefer female-favouring findings. In this, they exaggerated women's preference for female-favouring findings, and got the direction of the effect wrong for men. [8/10]")
Study 2 replicated most of these results in a Southeast Asian sample (N = 336), suggesting that the pattern isn't unique to the West. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjop.12463 [9/10]
![Study 2 replicated most of these results in a Southeast Asian sample (N = 336), suggesting that the pattern isn't unique to the West. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjop.12463 [9/10]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed_bycRUMAAmRQK.png "Study 2 replicated most of these results in a Southeast Asian sample (N = 336), suggesting that the pattern isn't unique to the West. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjop.12463 [9/10]")
That's it! Thanks to the amazing team: Chern Yi Marybeth Chang, Xiu Ling Wong, Jesse Blackburn, and Andrew Thomas 
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjop.12463 [10/10]
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjop.12463 [10/10]
