Define 'emotional'. The sum of emotions (can you measure that)? The lack of rationality? The presentation of emotion?
I'd love to see these studies, as I'm pretty sure it is not 'known'. A common HN refrain is the lack of validity in most social science research - to what degree that is true remains to be seen, but on this point of emotionality it seems apt to point this out. Perhaps it is only college students in the US that exhibit some crude measure of this. Even if it is demonstrated we would then have to prove this is biological, not just a cultural adaptation.
Btw some counter evidence for your point are that:
* women run businesses tend to have better success rates, which is quite a rational context.
* Micro lenders in the third world prefer to (or exclusively) lend to women, because they handle finances better and are more likely to repay.
* boys tend to have less emotional control than girls growing up, and many of girls interests such as STEM participation change only after puberty hits (a time in child development when personal interests give way to the desire to fit into the dominant culture)
I'd love to see these studies, as I'm pretty sure it is not 'known'. A common HN refrain is the lack of validity in most social science research - to what degree that is true remains to be seen, but on this point of emotionality it seems apt to point this out. Perhaps it is only college students in the US that exhibit some crude measure of this. Even if it is demonstrated we would then have to prove this is biological, not just a cultural adaptation.
Btw some counter evidence for your point are that:
* women run businesses tend to have better success rates, which is quite a rational context.
* Micro lenders in the third world prefer to (or exclusively) lend to women, because they handle finances better and are more likely to repay.
* boys tend to have less emotional control than girls growing up, and many of girls interests such as STEM participation change only after puberty hits (a time in child development when personal interests give way to the desire to fit into the dominant culture)
It is known, indeed.