▁powerful . ▁For ▁example , ▁men ▁often ▁post ▁pictures ▁of ▁objects ▁and ▁not ▁themselves , ▁and ▁rarely ▁change ▁their ▁profile ▁pictures ; ▁using ▁the ▁pages ▁more ▁for ▁entertain ment ▁and ▁p rag m atic ▁reasons . ▁In ▁contrast ▁girls ▁generally ▁post ▁more ▁images ▁that ▁include ▁themselves , ▁friends ▁and ▁things ▁they ▁have ▁emot ional ▁t ies ▁to , ▁which ▁the ▁research ers ▁attributed ▁that ▁to ▁the ▁higher ▁emot ional ▁intelligence ▁of ▁girls ▁at ▁a ▁younger ▁age . ▁The ▁authors ▁sample d ▁over ▁ 6 3 2 ▁girls ▁and ▁boys ▁from ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 1 2 – 1 6 ▁from ▁Spain ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁confirm ▁their ▁belief s . ▁The ▁research ers ▁concluded ▁that ▁mascul inity ▁is ▁more ▁commonly ▁associated ▁with ▁a ▁positive ▁psych ological ▁well - be ing , ▁while ▁femin inity ▁displays ▁less ▁psych ological ▁well - be ing . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁research ers ▁discovered ▁that ▁people ▁tend ▁not ▁to ▁completely ▁conform ▁to ▁either ▁s tere ot ype , ▁and ▁en comp ass ▁des irable ▁parts ▁of ▁both . ▁Users ▁of ▁Facebook ▁generally ▁use ▁their ▁profile ▁to ▁reflect ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁a ▁" normal " ▁person . ▁Social ▁media ▁was ▁found ▁to ▁u ph old ▁gender ▁s tere ot ypes ▁both ▁femin ine ▁and ▁mascul ine . ▁The ▁research ers ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁traditional ▁s tere ot ypes ▁are ▁often ▁u ph eld ▁by ▁boys ▁more ▁so ▁than ▁girls . ▁The ▁authors ▁described ▁how ▁neither ▁s tere ot ype ▁was ▁entirely ▁positive , ▁but ▁most ▁people ▁viewed ▁mascul