SEX AND GENDER CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE PROCESS OF FORMATION AND MANIFISTATION OF TOLERANCE AMONG REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT SEXES


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This article provides an overview of studies of sex- and gender-related peculiarities capable of affecting the formation and manifestation of such characteristics as tolerance and intolerance. The purpose of this article is to substantiate the need for study of the tolerance formation mechanism. One of our objectives, in particular, is the detection and study of sex-related peculiarities of this mechanism. The article examines such concepts as sex and gender as well as the basic principles of their formation. In the theoretical analysis of data published by researchers, we examined such sex-related features as the display of negative attitudes among men and women, particularity of motivation, the intensity of different forms of ethnic identity. Empathy, self-control, patience, revengefulness, as well as the frequency and intensity of anger display were considered the qualities and personality traits that are capable of influencing the development of tolerance. The article pays attention to the research of aggression display and its various forms in both sex and gender aspects. We managed to identify such sex-related features as behavior in the conditions of interpersonal conflict, the readiness for tolerant attitude in business interaction, the level of compassion for the sick. Personality characteristics that contribute to the manifestation of tolerance in men and women were identified. Men are more prone to argue and vindictive manifestation of intolerance. Women have a higher level of empathy, low level of aggressiveness. In conclusion, the article makes a number of assumptions about the features of the formation and manifestation of tolerance and intolerance among representatives of different sexes.

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Alexey Igorevich Kislitsin

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow

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Email: a.kislitsin@yandex.ru

postgraduate student of the Department «Social and differential psychology»

Russian Federation

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