City birds more afraid of women than men, scientists have no idea why (scientificamerican.com)

"men could get about a meter closer to birds than women could before the animals flew away, according to the results. This pattern remained regardless of what the men and women were wearing, what their height was or how they tried to approach the creatures"

The journal article: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3...