What is the main difference between men & women?

"Vive la difference!" say the French when it comes to the great divide between men and women.  A bestselling book put it another way: "Men Are From Mars and Women Are From Venus."  Now a study published in the online journal " Public Library of Science One " says the two sexes could almost be from different planets.

Researchers used a new method to compare "multiple trait" personality profiles of 10,000 men and women, instead of focusing on one trait at a time.

The authors say they found "striking" gender differences.

Women scored significantly higher for
- sensitivity
- warmth
- apprehension

While men rated higher in
-emotional stability
-dominance
-rule-consciousness

The study says sex differences in personality have been greatly under estimated, leaving each of us something of a stranger to the opposite sex.

To read the full study, go to http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0029265 .