a post by Judith Tutin for YourTango.com {World of Psychology]
Not all apologies are created equal.
The evening I realized I said “sorry” to my cat for pushing her aside so I could share the chair with her, I knew I needed to start looking into the subject of apologizing.
I’m sorry to say (pun intended!) that when I began my research, I thought I was writing a piece about why women should stop apologizing so much. Turns out, it’s complicated.
While there is some research to support the common view that women apologize more than men, it’s not overwhelming. That said, we all know someone who over-apologizes; typically, that person is female.
To decide whether you fall in the over-apologizing group, you must know that apologies are more complex than a simple, “I’m sorry.”
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