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. But other studies show that when females and males are misbehaving equally, the males are still more likely to get scolded and receive harsher penalties. There is some inconsistency in the research here, but most studies show that women are more likely to reveal personal information about themselves. This pattern may reflect differences in power or status between males and females. For example, in work situations subordinates tend to reveal more personal information about themselves than their superiors reveal to them.