Saturday, January 26, 2019

Psychologists find that adults take girls' pain less seriously

Gender stereotypes can hurt children -- quite literally. When asked to assess how much pain a child is experiencing based on the observation of identical reactions to a finger-stick, American adults believe boys to be in more pain than girls, according to a new study.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2COGgsH
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