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Cross-culturally, women score higher in neuroticism (emotional instability and sensitivity to negative emotion) on average with a difference of d = 0.40 (especially in the facet anxiety, d = .56),<ref>https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/2018-kajonius.pdf</ref> but results obtained by questionnaires may underestimate sex differences. Adult women cry on average 4 times as often and more intensely (d > 1.0).<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_cry_four_times_as_much_as_men_and_never_outgrow_teenage_crying_behavior</ref> These crying patterns have a more childish character in line with overall female [[neoteny]], presumably selected by males preferring women that are easy to control and hence less likely to cuckold them.

Conversely, men have been selected for combat, hunting and stoicism.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref>

 

Historically, there was a lot of concern about women faking their tears.<ref>*Vingerhoets A. 2013. ''Why only humans weep: Unravelling the mysteries of tears.'' Oxford University Press [[https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=jEVoAgAAQBAJ Book]]</ref>