The countries of the world vary in their position along the autocracy–democracy continuum
of values. Traditionally, scholars explain this variation as based on resource distribution and …

What do we currently know about atheists and secular people? In what ways are atheism
and secularity correlated with positive societal outcomes? This article offers a thorough …

Background On average, intimate partner violence affects nearly one in three women
worldwide within their lifetime. But the distribution of partner violence is highly uneven, with …

It is commonly accepted that women can be more vulnerable than men to the adverse
environmental effects of climate change. This paper evaluates whether the unequal …

В настоящей книге представлена пересмотренная версия теории модернизации,
интегрирующая социально-экономическое развитие, изменения в сфере культуры и …

Previous research suggested that sex differences in personality traits are larger in
prosperous, healthy, and egalitarian cultures in which women have more opportunities …

Across the globe, the debate over homosexuality continues, with great variation in public
opinion about the acceptability of homosexuality, laws regulating same-sex unions and …

We tested the internal reliability and predictive validity of a new 4-item Short Social
Dominance Orientation (SSDO) scale among adults in 20 countries, using 15 languages (N …

European and American scholars from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries
thought that all societies passed through the same developmental stages, from primitive to …

Nurturing Our Humanity offers a new perspective on our personal and social options in
today's world, showing how we can build societies that support our great human capacities …