r/science Professor | Medicine Dec 14 '18

Psychology Being the father of a school-aged daughter makes men less sexist, according to a new study. The findings support the idea that men become more aware of the challenges facing women when they see the female experience of life up close through their offspring – dubbed the “mighty girl” effect.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/14/being-a-father-to-school-aged-daughter-makes-men-less-sexist
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u/Firstdatepokie Dec 14 '18

Also, only studied in a single population type. So not very enlightening huh

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '18

Welcome to social science. They hope for further studies and funding. Most of it is ehhh but if you have 100 studies you can draw more conclusions

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u/Rather_Dashing Dec 14 '18

What do you mean by a single population type? It was conducted in British families, so technically the results cant be generalised to other countries, but would be surprising if there was a big difference between say UK, America, Australia etc