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  <p><em>Question</em>: Do males or females have a greater fear of deception?</p>
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<p>The motivation for the question comes from a transgender context: I more frequently see reports of men being afraid of finding themselves attracted to a transgender woman than women being afraid of finding themselves attracted to a transgender men.  It is sometimes argued that not revealing one's transgender status is a form of deceit.</p>

<p>This leads me to believe that, in this context, men have a greater fear of deception than women, and I would like to know if the same is true for deceit in general.</p>

<p>Putting <code>"fear of deception" gender</code> into <a href="http://scholar.google.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Google Scholar</a> or <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed" rel="nofollow">PubMed</a> didn't help me find anything useful.  I'm not sure where else I should look.</p>

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2015-05-16T06:35:56.983Z
I suspect that this is subjective to culture
Vatsal Manot
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The question is *Do males or females have a greater fear of deception?*.  I also mention my motivation for asking the question (but that's not the question [deception in general]).  It seems like there may be quantitative research on this topic, only I'm not sure what to look for.
Rebecca J. Stones
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Do males or females have a greater fear of deception?
Rebecca J. Stones
# Do males or females have a greater fear of deception?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-16)

> *Question*: Do males or females have a greater fear of deception?

The motivation for the question comes from a transgender context: I more frequently see reports of men being afraid of finding themselves attracted to a transgender woman than women being afraid of finding themselves attracted to a transgender men. It is sometimes argued that not revealing one's transgender status is a form of deceit.

This leads me to believe that, in this context, men have a greater fear of deception than women, and I would like to know if the same is true for deceit in general.

Putting `"fear of deception" gender` into [Google Scholar](http://scholar.google.com.au/) or [PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed) didn't help me find anything useful. I'm not sure where else I should look.

**Tags:** deception, gender

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I suspect that this is subjective to culture  
> **username_0**: The question is *Do males or females have a greater fear of deception?*.  I also mention my motivation for asking the question (but that's not the question [deception in general]).  It seems like there may be quantitative research on this topic, only I'm not sure what to look for.  

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