Over 96 percent of the topics men introduced were developed into conversations. Only 36 percent of the topics women introduced were similarly developed. Women asked more questions and were more willing to develop a topic introduced by men. In studies of mock jury deliberations, it has been found that women are more likely to make understanding and supportive comments. Research shows that this isn't really the case.
People are more literal in their thinking.
Other researchers found that when male generic nouns and pronouns were used to describe the job of psychologists, females students described the job as less attractive to them than when sex-neutral terms were used. The research is very consistent on this issue. From preschool through high school, male students are more likely than female students to be reprimanded for misbehavior. Some studies say they are eight to ten times as likely to be scolded. Sometimes they get reprimanded more because they are misbehaving more.