Running head: PERSONAL SPACE Personal Space: A Gender Difference Study Jon Sherman Southern Illinois University @ Edwardsville Abstract This study explores the differences in reactions in genders when personal space is breached. Personal space is an invisible unconscious personal comfort zone that varies in size depending on the size and environmental context. Depending on the situation, feelings such as aggression, intimacy or general discomforts are common when an individuals personal space is compromised. The study attempted …showed first 75 words of 1332 total…

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