Women Give Big

Women definitely have more highly developed compassion than men. But it is more than that. Women's brains can calculate future consequences better than men's brains. They can also compute effects of actions on networks better than men. So women probably understand the true benefits of sharing with the community better than men. We're biologically superior.

Women are just more compassionate.

my husbands gives more stuff then me. I think giving should be only to people that desirve it, but my husband thinks he can give at any time if we have enough

i totally agree with this!!

I haven't realized it then, but i guess that's very true. I have a lot of girl friends who is really very generous. Even in my case, I usually donated some money at some local charities. :)

I chair a local charity that mentors children whose parents or siblings are undergoing treatment or have passed away of cancer, and I full-heartedly agree with the study. For liability issues and better relatability, we only make male to male and female to female matches. We always have a growing waitlist of boys to be matched because it is so hard to find male mentors (especially in LA!!) Although I will say the male mentors we have have been matched for years at a time and are sometimes more loyal to the cause and the mentee than many of the females in the program. So this would be an interesting add-on to the study.

I actually work in development for a religious organization and I have seen in regards to religion, giving is pretty equal among men and women. Although, when I work with widowed men they almost always comment that they continue to give because of the philanthropic influence of his wife before she died. Male or female I think it is important that we continue to encourage our spouse, significant others, and friends that it is important to give back!

yes this is trrue. i think women really are more giving.

This does not surprise me at all.

I think it makes a lot of sense that women tend to give more than men. Women are givers by nature. We are designed to give. All day long we give to our families and our friends so it's only natural that we would give to other people as well. In my particular circle of family and friends it is pretty equal between the giving between women and men.

Between my husband and I -- I am the one who gives to charities more, but I was raised to give and help others and my husband wasn't taught to. His family believe in helping only family and very close friends. We have problems every once in a while because I like to go and do stuff like the soup kitchen and he thinks it's a waste of time.

I haven't noticed a large difference between the men and woman I know but there was a major one between the types of giving they were inclined toward. The ladies tended to be more extroverted in there giving. They gave to charities and the like while the men tended to concentrate on those immediately round them. Like helping a friend move rather then donating time to a charity or giving a older vehicle to a family member who couldn't afford to buy/replace there's. I think both are good but that the second one is much more difficult to quantify in surveys.

I agree. I spent 8 years as an active of the Junior League, a women's volunteer organization where women can serve, give and lead. We, both as individuals and as a group, gave tons of money to worthy organizations....or raised it to give! And those of us who are sustaining members follow the same trend. I don't know of any men's organizations who do anything similar....not to be anti-men, I just haven't heard of any! I can say, however, that my husband loves to give to great causes. He is such a great example for our son.

There are many things woman are more apt to focus on than men, and there are many things men are more apt to focus on than woman. That is why we have both in the world! I do believe that woman are more apt to give freely of their time and money, and thus be an example and encouragement to the men around them that they would do likewise. Often, once men or women have seen and felt the good that comes from serving others, they want to do it more as well!

I think that is true because women have a larger social network and because we also are more emotional to the needs of others, even if it's the giving of our time. Not to say men don't give, but women are more apt to do so.