women would prefer a boss of the same gender. this preference, among both sexes, for male leadership in the workplace has continued unabated for sixty years according to gallup surveys. religion sex differences in religion can be classified as either "internal" or "external". internal religious issues are studied from the perspective of a given religion, and might include religious beliefs and practices about the roles and rights of men and women in government, education and worship; beliefs about the sex or gender of deities and religious figures; and beliefs about the origin and meaning of human gender. external religious issues can be broadly defined as an examination of a given religion from an outsider's perspective, including possible clashes between religious leaders and laity; and the influence of, and differences between, religious perspectives on social issues. for example, various religious perspectives have either endorsed or condemned alternative family structures, homosexual relationships, and abortion. external religious issues can also be examined from the "lens of gender" perspective embraced by some in feminism or critical theory and its offshoots. social capital sex differences in social capital are differences between men and women in their ability to coordinate actions and achieve their aims through trust, norms and networks. social capital is often seen as the missing link in development; as social networks facilitate access to resources and protect the commons, while cooperation makes markets work more efficiently. social capital has been thought of as women's capital as whereas there are gendered barriers to accessing economic capital, women's role in family, and community ensures that they have strong networks. there is potential that the concept can help to bring women's unpaid 'community and household labor', vital to survival and development, to the attention of economists. however, research analyzing social capital from a gendered perspective is rare, and the notable exceptions are very critical. suicide sex differences in suicide have been shown to be significant; there are highly asymmetric rates of suicide and suicide attempts between males and females. the gap, also called the gender paradox of suicidal behavior, can vary significantly between different countries. statistics demonstrate that males die much more often by means of suicide than females do. financial risk-taking sex differences in financial decision making are relevant and significant. numerous studies have found that women tend to be financially more risk-averse than men and hold safer portfolios. a may 3, 2015 article in the wall street journal by georgette jasen reported that "when it comes to investing, men sometimes have their way of doing things, and women have different ways." scholarly research has documented systematic differences in financial decisions such as buying investments versus insurance, donating to ingroups versus outgroups (such as terrorism victims in iraq versus usa), spending in stores, and the endowment effect-or asking price for goods people have. the majority of these studies are based on the theory of agency-communion developed by david bakan in 1966; according to this theory, due to factors such as socialization, males are typically more agentic (focus on self, upside potential, aggressiveness) and females typically more communal (focus on others, downside potential, and nurturing). this framework robustly explains many financial decision making outcomes.