Bad boys bad to the bone? No, it's in genes
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H/T to Hot Air
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Hey, Mr. Nice Guy. That proverbial bad boy has got you beat - a fact familiar to women who prefer James Dean to Alan Alda.
It's all in the DNA, according to research released Monday. Genes prompt rabble-rouser behavior. But they also foster popularity, according to Alexandra Burt, a Michigan State University behavioral geneticist who released a "groundbreaking study" that suggests good news for bad boys.
Men who had a gene associated with "rule-breaking behavior" were rated most popular by a group of previously unacquainted peers, she found.
"The idea is that your genes predispose you to certain behaviors, and those behaviors elicit different kinds of social reactions from others," said Ms. Burt.
"And so, what's happening is, your genes are to some extent driving your social experiences."