article_snippet.sent: Anyone who has witnessed a game of hockey or netball might disagree, but men really are more competitive than women, according to a new study.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers have discovered that male athletes are more driven by the desire to beat the competition than female athletes.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers found that male 5,000 metre runners are more competitive than women.
article_snippet.sent: This may explain why boys are often seen as being more competitive.
article_snippet.sent: However, Researchers say that there can be a great deal of individual variability with some women actually showing greater competitive drive than most male athletes.
article_snippet.sent: whose study found that male long distance runners, like Mo Farrah (left), are more competitive than women, but there are some women, like Paula Radcliffe on the right, who are arguably more competitive than the men .
article_snippet.sent: male long distance runners, like Mo Farrah (left), are more competitive than women, but there are some women, like Paula Radcliffe on the right, who are arguably more competitive than the men also compared runners who were competing NCAA's Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3.
article_snippet.sent: male long distance runners, like Mo Farrah (left), are more competitive than women, but there are some women, like Paula Radcliffe on the right, who are arguably more competitive than the men found that men were far more competitive at all levels than female runners.
article_snippet.sent: The sex difference in competitiveness was also just as large in the fastest runners in Division 1 compared to the slower ones in Division 3.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Deaner said: 'By social science standards, the difference we found - men and women differing by about half a standard deviation on competitiveness measures - is moderate to large. '
article_snippet.sent: But this kind of a difference still means that many of the female runners are more competitive than many of the male runners.'
article_snippet.sent: Writing in the journal male long distance runners, like Mo Farrah (left), are more competitive than women, but there are some women, like Paula Radcliffe on the right, who are arguably more competitive than the men added: 'Women did report greater commitment than men to men academic studies, suggesting a sex difference in priorities. '
highlights_snippet.sent: , Michigan found the men tended to have greater competitive drive than women .
  