Tamara Russell and colleagues have discovered that, despite stereotypes to the contrary, men did better in a theory of mind test than women. The authors argue that the men used a systemizing strategy, thus, I presume were just pretending to empathise.
Suggested citation: Fugard, A. (2007, December 10). Gender differences in theory of mind [blog post]. https://andifugard.info/gender-differences-in-theory-of-mind/
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