Are women more emotional than men?

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It seems like a common belief, and I thought it was a myth in the past, but from my experience women seem to be more emotional than men. Also, if you believe they are, do you think it's from social conditioning or the way their brains naturally are?

I don't think so myself. I think that women are more open with their emotions than men, and have more mood swings than men, but I don't think by any means that they are more emotional than men. Most men are taught from an early age not to show emotion, and it can become pretty deeply ingrained in a person over time. I'm personally one of the more emotional people I know, but you'd never guess it because I very seldom express it outside of the internets lol.

No.

Maybe women are more emotionally driven? I've been told I' m overly emotional but I think it's more about basing some decisions on what feels right vs pure rationality. Just from observation, men seem to think more concretely and less fluidly. Just my impression...

I'm afraid I'm going to be disliked for my opinion, but I believe that women are more emotional than men. I've had the experience working in an office where the majority of my colleagues were women and then some experience working with only men. There's a huge difference.
I believe, it's in our nature. Social conditioning nowadays works towards making women believe that they have to be just as tough as men.
I'm not saying men can't be emotional, but they tend to react and make decisions based on logic rather than emotions more often than women do.

My mom believes that we are, and I agree with her based on personal experience and observations. My mom also speculates that being more emotionally driven is one reason why I and possibly other females with Asperger's generally* seem to obsess over things that trigger an emotional response, like works of fiction for example, while males generally seem to obsess over things that are unemotional, like modes of transportation for example.



* Please take these observations with a grain of salt; they're sweeping generalizations and obviously not everyone is going to fit the mold.

no, because the evidence says otherwise.

Men are better at hiding their emotions in Western society. It's a cultural construct, however. In parts of Asia, women are better at hiding their emotions.

In the West, it's common for fathers (and mothers) to yell at their young sons or spank them when they express emotions that look "weak," such as crying or even anger, so this treatment conditions boys not to express emotions. I don't think this happens to young girls to the same extent. In East Asia, parents do this to boys and girls equally.