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Show How Much Do You Know About ou10: cme The Opposite Sex? . True or False: Men maybe the ee ee than women do (See answer number 2) _. Men and women are different. Just how different provides a fascir. ting field for conjecture. This true-false quiz explores some of the more interesting differences. 1, Men give women a better break than women do. 2. Men ‘may be the stronger sex, but they use more tranquilizers than women do. 3. ‘Men who try to lose weight are usuelly motivated by entirely different reasons than - ANSWERS 1, True. in psychological studies at St. Louis University, students acted judges, evaluating the offenses of other students—such as eens 08 9s cxnciaginn ox pomeason of for males, but males were more lenient than females in prescribing punishment for females.” Apparently men like women much ‘setter than women do. 2. Fase. A four-year study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Heaith, which included two nationwide surveys by independentresearch organizations, showed the use of tranquilizers to be about twice as high among women as men. Defenders of the distaff side, however, observe defensively that “men give women such a bad time, they need more tranquilizers.” 3. True. A wide-scale survey, conducted by London University investigators, has indicated that most men wxo try to lose weight do so for health reasons, to avoid the asported ills associated with extra poundage. Women weight reducers were apt to be more concerned about making themselves physically atiractive. A survey of over 1,500 doctors, reiative to the case histories of their overweight patients, showed that the women were less successful in losing weight despite their dieting. Conclusion of the investigators: their reason for trying to lose weight is not a strong enough incentive to make them stick to their diets—as compared with men who are reducing to save, or prolong, their lives. 4. True—according to the findings of a nationwide survey which assessed the reading habits of men and women of various ages and walks of life. The survey didn’t go into the matter of literary tstes, but it did show that women read appreciably more books than men. Since studies show women are more interested in che feelings and emotions of others than men are, it’s possible they may derive more pleasure and satisfaction from reading about the lives of characters portrayed in books—and perhaps have a greater capacity chan men to perticipate in the action vicariously. ‘to Family Weekly, June 20, 1971 een rp ULE MYEMVUENE GR. BUF vIgurURY wy HY Meu: |