Gender and Emotion

Abstract

CHIARA FIORENTINIMen and women are thought to be fundamentally different in their emotionality.We review the evidence about gender differences in three emotion components (facial expression, subjective experience, and physiological reactions), and in emotional well-being.Several studies suggest that women are more emotionally expressive than men, although this can be disconfirmed in particular contexts.Women's enhanced expressivity does not reflect more intense experience or greater physiological responses with respect to men.Gender differences in emotion experience and physiology are less consistent and depend on the nature of the emotional stimulus, the context, and the response format.This complex pattern of findings is best accounted by a bio-social approach, which acknowledges both social and biological determinants as a source of gender differences.

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