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News Release 05-112

Gender Influences Decisions About Trust

Men value group ties, women favor personal connections

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Men tend to trust strangers that are members of a group. Women favor personal connections.

Men tend to trust strangers that share membership in a group, club or team with them. Women place more weight on personal connections when assigning trust to strangers.

Credit: Credit: Spc. Eric S. Bartelt, courtesy of U.S. Army


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