I know for sure that women are higher in neuroticism. I’m not sure about influenceability, are they really higher on this? In any case, it seems to me that the neuroticism difference can account for this effect all by itself, assuming that the evo-psych explanation by lc isn’t quite correct. (Personally, I feel like Anna makes good points against it but I also wouldn’t totally rule out the evo-psych explanation.)
Edit: And on influenceability, you could argue that men are influenced to feel worse about being abused because of how people think men should be (strong, in control, not victims).
I know for sure that women are higher in neuroticism. I’m not sure about influenceability, are they really higher on this? In any case, it seems to me that the neuroticism difference can account for this effect all by itself, assuming that the evo-psych explanation by lc isn’t quite correct. (Personally, I feel like Anna makes good points against it but I also wouldn’t totally rule out the evo-psych explanation.)
Edit: And on influenceability, you could argue that men are influenced to feel worse about being abused because of how people think men should be (strong, in control, not victims).