This is the conclusion reached by a team of European psychologists after studying the responses of more than 10,000 subjects to a personality test called 16PF (16 Personality Factors Questionnaire) that analyzes 15 different character traits. As the authors explain in the journal PLoS One , this model allows better analysis of personality differences between men and women than classic studies based on only 5 aspects ( The Big Five , that is, emotional stability, friendliness, extroversion, openness to experience and responsibility).
The results of the analysis carried out by Marco del Giudice, from the University of Turin, and Paul Irwing, from the University of Manchester, show that among the factors that most differentiate both sexes, sensitivity, which predominates in the female gender, stands out above all. Warmth, cordiality, and apprehension are also qualities more typical of women. Emotional stability, vigilance and adherence to rules are mainly linked to the male sex, the authors conclude.
According to Giudice, sensitivity is an essential trait since it allows differentiating between people who are sensitive, sentimental, intuitive, soft or mentally weak, and those who are utilitarian, objective, unsentimental or hard.
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