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I wonder how much of this has to do with women being biologically wired to avoid risk or anything that threatens survival of the race while men are biologically

by aditya 17y ago

I wonder how much of this has to do with women being biologically wired to avoid risk or anything that threatens survival of the race while men are biologically wired to be as aggressive as possible and take as many risks as possible to show they (and their genes) are even fit to survive?

gort 17y ago
threatens survival of the race Rather, anything that threatens their own inclusive fitness. Apart from that you may be in the right area. In the environment in which we evolved, a successful male can theoretically have more children by having more partners, whereas a female cannot increase her progeny in this way. It also seems that an unsuccessful male is less likely to have any children than an unsuccessful female. In short, variance in reproductive success is supposed to be higher in males, and its theorised that there's been a selection pressure towards more risk-taking in males. Naturally, this sort of thinking has its detractors.
- richi 17y ago
  women are wired to feel more attracted to risk takers rather than prudes. men just want someone hot, risk takers or prudes.
bendtheblock 17y ago
There is an explanation of this by Janet Radcliffe Richards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Radcliffe_Richards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Radcliffe_Richards) on a Philosophy Bites podcast, here it is: (http://www.philosophybites.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=325536 http://www.philosophybites.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=3255...). Philosophy Bites are short (under 20 minute) interviews with contemporary philosophers.
- lionhearted 17y ago
  > (http://www.philosophybites.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=3255... http://www.philosophybites.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=3255...) Looks very interesting but I'm without headphones on my computer in a cafe in Taipei. If you have the briefest of moments, would you care to give a short rundown of some of the more interesting points to you?

by aditya 17y ago

gort 17y ago

threatens survival of the race Rather, anything that threatens their own inclusive fitness. Apart from that you may be in the right area. In the environment in which we evolved, a successful male can theoretically have more children by having more partners, whereas a female cannot increase her progeny in this way. It also seems that an unsuccessful male is less likely to have any children than an unsuccessful female. In short, variance in reproductive success is supposed to be higher in males, and its theorised that there's been a selection pressure towards more risk-taking in males. Naturally, this sort of thinking has its detractors.

richi 17y ago
women are wired to feel more attracted to risk takers rather than prudes. men just want someone hot, risk takers or prudes.

bendtheblock 17y ago

There is an explanation of this by Janet Radcliffe Richards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Radcliffe_Richards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Radcliffe_Richards) on a Philosophy Bites podcast, here it is: (http://www.philosophybites.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=325536 http://www.philosophybites.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=3255...). Philosophy Bites are short (under 20 minute) interviews with contemporary philosophers.

lionhearted 17y ago
> (http://www.philosophybites.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=3255... http://www.philosophybites.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=3255...) Looks very interesting but I'm without headphones on my computer in a cafe in Taipei. If you have the briefest of moments, would you care to give a short rundown of some of the more interesting points to you?