Who smiles more, men or women?

I would be willing to bet money that women smile more. A smile is often a symbol of submission, placing oneself low in order to ingratiate, charm and disarm. I think women use that social tack more often than men do. read more

In general, men tend to smile more than women because they are taught to keep their emotions to themselves. Women are brought up to be more emotional, though, and that is shown in women smiling more than men, on average. read more

Women smile more than men to appease them. The research on smiling shows us that women tend to smile the most and that they also tend to smile regardless of read more

Women do smile more than men, but when occupying similar work and social roles, the gender differences in the rate of smiling disappear, a Yale researcher has found. Also, there are large differences in the degree to which men smile less than women depending on a person's culture, ethnicity, age, or when people think they are being observed, according to the study funded by the National Science Foundation. read more