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Women apologize more than men

Posted by / September 27, 2010

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Sorry, guys, it appears the proverbial old wives nail it again: Women apologize more often than men do. It turns out, however, that women also report more offenses than men. This indicates that the real issue is not that women over-apologize, but rather that there is a gender difference in how people take offense to things.

Full story at Scientific American.

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