Women are more moral than men, survey says

[SoCalDem]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9206176/Women-are-more-moral-than-men-survey-says.html

Women are more moral than men, with those over 30 years old having the strongest values, a survey has suggested.

By Hannah Furness

7:41AM BST 16 Apr 2012


The study, which measured responses to questions about honesty and competency, showed females are more likely to make decisions based on how they impact on others. It also suggest the moral compass of both men and women alters with age, become less obedient but more able to use reason, until they reach a "peak of our intellectual and moral powers" in early 60s, according to a leading philosopher. Professor Roger Steare based his conclusions on a “Moral DNA test,” which he developed four years ago to measure changes in people’s value systems.

Around 60,000 volunteers across 200 countries have already taken the quiz, encompassing a variety of jobs and social status to help understand what influences morality. Participants were asked to make statements about their work and home lives, including judgments on whether those around them would consider them honest. They then rated statements such as “I am good at exercising self-control” and “I always honour people’s trust in me” to establish their results. Finally, they were labelled as one of six personality types: philosopher; judge; angel; teacher; enforcer; or guardian. Professor Steare told the Daily Mail: “Women prefer to make their decisions based on how it impacts others – which tends to produce better decisions – while men have a more individual approach and are more self-interested.

‘What this shows is that when it comes to work men have to grow up, put their ego to one side and show some humility and compassion – qualities they all too often have in their personal lives but put to one side when they walk into the office.” The “corporate philosopher”, who has advised HSBC, PwC and BP about their cultures, added human beings also appeared to get more moral with age.

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The MoralDNA test is available online, at www.moraldna.org.

[Politicalboi]

1. Did they really need this test?

Women for the most part don't kill people or animals.

[Vattel]

2. I agree. Kinda obvious.

[Doctor_J]

3. The incidence of adultery among female congress seems to be miniscule

compared to the legendary philandering of Gingrinch, Boner, Burton, and so on. OTOH, Newt just passed his "peak moral years", so one can hardly imagine what a scum bag he must have been in his youth.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Of course.

All men are inferior and immoral.

Right?

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Of course. It's obvious that men are more moral than women.

Men, for the most part, don't kill people, or animals. Men are just better than women, better human beings, absolutely.

I'm so glad there's rigorous science being done to confirm what we all already know, I.e. mens' inherent moral superiority over women.

[JonLP24]

6. Moral according to who?

Morals differ from person-to-person. What may be immoral to one, is moral to another.

Of course making decisions that impact others would be "moral" in most people's definition of what moral is. I probably do agree women generally are more moral than men based on my personal moral beliefs judging from election exit polls. However, everyone is different and I've known one woman who absolutely had no concern or empathy of others. Would choose to do what benefited her the most without concern or guilt/shame over how destructive those decisions were to others around them.

[n2doc]

7. Sarah Palin Thanks you!

Ya Sure, Ya Betcha!

[FarCenter]

8. Alternatively, women are more deceitful, and lie when responding to questionaires on morality

[roguevalley]

9. goodie. more woman bashing. This is a survey based on a generalized

conclusion about women. Of course there are always palins in the mix but they don't speak for too many of us.

Consider the test men have been taking for 10K years: war, murder, male domination, malignant capitalism, environmental degradation, I could go on and on.

[SoCalDem]

11. That's how surveys work... random people participating and a conclusion drawn .

Macro, not micro..

It's not about EVERY woman or women you personally know (unless they took the survey)

[Taverner]

10. But who's more ethical?

That's what I care about

Morality, pshaw! That spawns from fear.

Ethics, that spawns from empathy.