and women have more similarities

than differences!

KCCI's Kim St. Onge is LIVE to

explain what these findings

mean.

This study, published in

American Psychology, includes

more than 12 million people and

found almost 80 percent of the

men and women overlapped for

more than 75 percent of the

psychological characteristics.

You might not be surprised to

see more women than men sitting

in this Social Foundations of

Education class at ISU ... With

the public perception that

teaching is primarily a women's

job.

<"THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN BOTH

INTEREST AND ABILITY IN THOSE

KIND OF OCCUPATIONS IN TERMS OF

GENDER BUT THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE

NOT AS LARGE WHEN YOU LOOK AT

TYPICAL PEOPLE."> That's what

Associate Professor of

Psychology Zlatan Krizan found

in a new study that looks

differences in psychological

characteristics between men and

women.

<"BECAUSE OF THOSE STEREOTYPES

AND THOSE EXPECTATIONS WE MAY

EVEN SEE DIFFERENCES OR

OVERESTIMATE DIFFERENCES."> Some

of the biggest similarities?

Well-being, conscientiousnes s

and intelligence...with the

exception of verbal

intelligence, where women

outscored men.

<"I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES MEN

JUST BLURT STUFF OUT."> He found

men and women differed the most

in aggression and self-described

masculinity or femininity....

And that men ranked beauty as

being more important when

picking a mate.

<"WE TEND TO CARE MORE ABOUT

YOU KNOW THEIR FEELINGS, ALL

THIS OTHER STUFF."> ISU student

Jay Walsh says when it comes to

finding a partner, women rank

looks just as high as men.

TODAY WOMEN ARE LOOKING FOR

SOMEONE THOSE BIG BEEFED UP

GUYS. AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM

NOT."> Krizan admits there will

always be some differences

between men and women, but when

you look at the two groups as a

whole ... The old saying men are

from mars and women are from

venus ... May not be all that

accurate anymore.

<"WHEN YOU LOOK TO ALL THE

PSYCHOLOGICA L CHARACTERISTI CS,

IT SEEMS LIKE AFTERALL WE ARE

ALL FROM PLANET EARTH."

Krizan says you'll find the most

differences in the extremes of

either group. For example, out

of the most aggressive people,

he's says you'll find men will

be more aggressive but when you

just look what he calls typical

people, there isn't that much of