PUBLIC OPINION > Men Are Less Moral Than Women
SodaHead Living
2012/06/21 22:00:00
A recent study published in Scientific American suggests that men are more likely than women to bend the rules a bit -- little white lies, omitting facts, cutting corners, that kind of thing. This can come into play in business settings, or in relationships. But we wanted to know how the public perceives gender morality. Does the general public really think men are less moral than women?
We don't need studies to determine that men are less moral -- more than two-thirds of the public already believes it. One commenter noted, "You only have to look at the current congressional male population to see that." It's true, politicians are much more likely to be male. Coincidence? We think not.
Women Are Convinced
We were hoping the gender breakdown would reveal an interesting dynamic, and we weren't disappointed. Men were actually split -- half of them agreed their gender was less moral, while the other half pointed to women. But the female vote was overwhelming. 85% of women think men are the more immoral gender.
Parents Are Even-Handed
Compared to voters who don't have kids, parents were relatively undecided. The majority still picked men, but not by much. It takes a lot of work to raise a child, and it takes two to get through it. Plus, babies have a tendency to soften hearts. So it's no wonder there's a little bit of shared moral responsibility among parents.
Singles Distrust Men
Married couples were also more likely to give men a break, probably for the same reason parents were -- they've had to work together. Singles, on the other hand, hardly gave men a chance. Nearly three-fourths said men are less moral. Interestingly, divorcees were one of the few demographics to vote for women over men.
If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our poll about gender morality. We'd love to hear from you!
Top Opinion
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BongRipper 2012/06/21 23:11:38
Both in private settings 50/50.
Men and women both tend to do, behave, and re-act absolutely different depending on whose around.
they can put themselves in anothers shoes because most women know that human life is, but you have women who are tricked into getting the unborn!
As long as you live your life and don't harm others then I think you're a perfectly fine human being... hence most people are "moral" by that definition. No sex, male or female is born with ill intentions.
What creates immorality, most crime and wars is simply the root of all evil... the monetary system... which creates corruption... and those with power tend to be easiest to corrupt, hence men because they usually have more power.
each other, and if you would realize that most everything in the human heart is spiritual, each person is given a sense of values, morals by GOD, it is called in some part a consience, if a person excepts and tries to do the good or the person who decides to do evil, each has a choice and deep down it comes from the spirit. Religious based is far from the truth, even though there are religions that try to teach values and morals! Many of those values and morals are taught not caught!
Thou Shall Not Kill,...
Except when,....