Study 5 (N = 450) showed that women-but not men-experience heightened self-conscious moral emotions and regret when recalling past transgressions done for personal gain.From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen ( “ sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure ” ), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną ( “ amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together ” ), from *ga- ( collective prefix ) + *mann- ( “ man ” ) or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- ( “ to think, have in mind ” ).Ĭognate with Old Frisian game, gome ( “ joy, amusement, entertainment ” ), Middle High German gamen ( “ joy, amusement, fun, pleasure ” ), Swedish gamman ( “ mirth, rejoicing, merriment ” ), Icelandic gaman ( “ fun ” ). Study 4 (N = 424) showed that these emotional expectancies account for gender differences in immoral intentions. Studies 3 and 4 (N = 834) showed that men expected immoral actions to result in higher positive and lower self-conscious moral emotions than women do.
standard instructions) led women to have higher immoral intentions, no longer lower than men’s, as they were in the control group.
Studies 2a and 2b (combined N = 562) demonstrated that instructions to adopt an unemotional perspective (vs. In Study 1 (N = 324), gender differences in perceptions of moral wrongness were explained by guilt and shame proneness. Study 5 (N = 450) showed that women-but not men-experience heightened self-conscious moral emotions and regret when recalling past transgressions done for personal gain.ĪB - Why do men view morally questionable behaviors as more permissible than women do? Five studies investigated emotional factors as explanations for gender differences in moral decision-making.
N2 - Why do men view morally questionable behaviors as more permissible than women do? Five studies investigated emotional factors as explanations for gender differences in moral decision-making. T1 - Gender Differences in Emotion Explain Women’s Lower Immoral Intentions and Harsher Moral Condemnation Study 5 (N = 450) showed that women-but not men-experience heightened self-conscious moral emotions and regret when recalling past transgressions done for personal gain.", standard instructions) led women to have higher immoral intentions, no longer lower than mens, as they were in the control group. Abstract = "Why do men view morally questionable behaviors as more permissible than women do? Five studies investigated emotional factors as explanations for gender differences in moral decision-making.