Sex and Scepticism
BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch: COP15: Climate 'scepticism' and questions about sex
If a rigorous deconstruction of flawed and politically-motivated science is at the bottom of climate scepticism, why aren't women getting it?
I don't know but it reminds me of scepticism of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) where one study of medical students shows that:
Females were more likely than males to feel CAM has an important role in healthcare (p < 0.001). This difference increased through the medical course (p <0.05). Females gave a more positive rating than males to the use of five therapies in healthcare (p < 001). Females were more positive than males about learning the theory (p <0.001) and practice(p < 0.001) of CAM and a greater amount of CAM curriculum time (p < 0.001).
Looks like the girls are more trusting of non scientific claims.