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Fertility worries affect men less than women
Fertility is a major worry among women who are attempting to get pregnant - but these concerns are not shared to the same level by their male counterparts.
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Women wear jeans when depressed
Denim jeans are the most commonly worn item of clothing by women when feeling depressed.
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Man or woman, we all want to be understood
While men prefer to know when their partner is happy, women want their lover to understand when they are upset.
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Binge-drinking women and condom use
Young women who binge drink may become less likely to choose to engage in safe sexual practices, new findings have suggested.
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Migraine sufferers at risk of depression
Women who suffer migraines may be at a heightened risk of depression, new research has found.
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New support network for gang abuse victims
A new support network for young victims of gang abuse is to be set up after funding for the initiative was confirmed.
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Prejudice differences in men and women
The nature of prejudice against people from different backgrounds varies for men and women.
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Wives do most of the housework
More women than ever go out to work and yet surveys in western countries show that wives continue to take on the lion's share of domestic chores.
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Working mothers are happier and healthier
Mothers who work are happier than those who tend to stay at home during the day, new research has suggested.
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Lads' mags may echo hostile sexist attitudes
Hostile sexist attitudes are sometimes legitimised through magazines aimed at young men, new research has suggested.
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Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference 2012
Details Conference themes include
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Women fear breast cancer check-ups
A range of emotions are playing a part in preventing women from going for a breast screening, new findings have shown.
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Bisexual women and the risk of depression
Bisexual women are at greater risk of suffering from depression and alcohol abuse than their male counterparts, it has been suggested.
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Children suffer when mothers are gaoled
Mothers are being needlessly separated from their children because of imprisonment practices, it has been claimed.
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Science, maths and foetal hormones
In a new study, Adriene Beltz and her team have studied males and females with congenital adrenal hyperplesia: a genetic condition, which for women involves exposure to higher-than-usual levels of testosterone and other androgens in the womb.
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Helping women to progress in psychology
Why, when women dominate the entry to undergraduate psychology courses, do comparatively few of them reach the higher echelons of the profession?
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How women deal with the menopause
Women fall into two distinct groups when it comes to the way they cope with the menopause.
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At what age do girls prefer pink?
Crudely speaking, the psychological field of gender development is split between those who see gender differences as learned via socially constructed ideas about gender, and those who believe many gender differences are actually “sex differences”,
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Why do we worry more if girls riot?
A BBC video of two girls who took part in Monday night's riots in Croydon
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Women often take more risks than men
Despite common beliefs suggesting otherwise, it has been demonstrated that women often take more risks than their male counterparts.
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Men who flirt are less happy at work
Men who flirt at work tend to be less satisfied with their job, the annual conference of our  Psychology of Women Section has been told today.
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Our sexist rules for body hair
If you ask whether or not people should display their body hair or even shave it off, you will be told that it is up to the individual. But in reality our beliefs about pubic hair are sexist.
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Psychology of women experts to meet
The Society’s Psychology of Women Section is holding its annual conference this week. Psychology experts and feminist academics from around the world will meet at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, from 13 to 15 July to issues and the latest research.
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Mothers suffer stress after difficult births
The psychological trauma caused to mothers by difficult births can endure for years, Dr Susan Ayers, a Chartered Psychologist from Sussex University, has reported.
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Menstrual cycle can affect prejudice
A woman's menstrual cycle can have an effect on her bias against male strangers. This is according to new research from Michigan State University, which found that a female's attitude against a male is stronger when she is fertile.
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