That wasn't the best phrasing on my part. Quoting the abstract[1]: We use a controlled experiment to explore whether there are gender differences in

That wasn't the best phrasing on my part. Quoting the abstract[1]: We use a controlled experiment to explore whether there are gender differences in selecting into competitive environments across two distinct societies: the Maasaiin Tanzania and the Khasi in India. One unique aspect of these societies is that the Maasai represent a textbook example of a patriarchal society, whereas the Khasi are matrilineal. Similar to the extant evidence drawn from experiments executed in Western cultures, Maasai men opt to compete at roughly twice the rate as Maasai women. Interestingly, this result is reversed among the Khasi, where women choose the competitive environment more often than Khasi men, and even choose to compete weakly more often than Maasai men. [1] https://rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/gneezy/pub/docs/gender-differences-competition.pdf https://rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/gneezy/pub/docs/gend...