But some male-female physiological differences may be significant in this area.

Adult men and women have different sizes of vocal fold; reflecting the male-female differences in larynx size.

"The virtual environment exaggerates male-female difference in orientation," Dr. Hunt said.

"We are looking at some applied problems and we will probably look at ways to reduce these male-female differences," he said.

This is a double standard which fails to interpret fairly an important aspect of male-female differences.

I think that a lot of these male-female differences, they're symmetrical.

Conversely, male-female differences are enhanced and exaggerated in most societies.

And much of what Dr. Tannen ascribes to male-female difference could just as easily be ascribed to bad manners.

The researchers did not know what to make of this, and said a larger study would be needed, designed specifically to detect male-female differences.