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Study: Men Enjoy Seeing Bad People Suffer
My Way News (AP) ^
| Jan 18, 1:04 PM
| MALCOLM RITTER
Posted on 01/18/2006 10:41:01 AM PST by Flifuss
NEW YORK (AP) - Bill Clinton said he felt others' pain. But a new brain-scanning study suggests that when guys see a cheater get a mild electric shock, they don't feel his pain much at all. In fact, they rather enjoy it.
In contrast, women's brains showed they do empathize with the cheater's pain and don't get a kick out it.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: schadenfreude
I always wondered about Bill Clinton, maybe this explains it.
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:41:04 AM PST
by
Flifuss
To: Flifuss
It explains why more men vote Republican and more women vote Democrat.
And it also explains why women don't like the Three Stooges. ;)
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:42:33 AM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: Flifuss
She's a MAN baby!
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:42:59 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
("We're a meat-based society.")
To: Flifuss
Does this mean I'm a guy?
LQ
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:44:50 AM PST
by
LizardQueen
(The world is not out to get you, except in the sense that the world is out to get everyone.)
To: Flifuss
Oh, I get a kick out of Clinton's pain...trust me!!!
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:49:35 AM PST
by
MadCharity
(Chloe: "Relax he's really good at this")
To: Flifuss
So it is not a problem with me... I just thought I was a sociopath.
They should try it with people behaving obviously foolishly or stupidly and see if anybody empathizes with the unfortunate consequences.
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:50:23 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: Mr. Jeeves
The headline could have been written "Women Empathize with Cheaters Who Get Punished" Interesting if it's put that way. I look forward to a broader study of this (no pun intended), but the results do seem intuitively correct. Females, as primarily caregivers, empathize with those who are injured, while males tend to be those who maintain justice.
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posted on
01/18/2006 10:59:47 AM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Flifuss
SCHADENFREUDE - the German word for that good feeling you get when the bad guy gets his
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:02:27 AM PST
by
Lexington Green
(''America has the watches. We have the time.'' -- Ayman Al-Zawahiri)
To: jan in Colorado
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:02:29 AM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Flifuss
Sweeping generalities.
I dislike seeing anyone suffer, regardless of how much they have earned it.
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:02:50 AM PST
by
Skooz
(Property taxes are immoral)
To: Flifuss
It would appear a large majority of women do not understand the purpose of justice meted out via physical pain.
However, I would imagine women who have been assaulted are among those who believe physical pain is a reasonable form of retribution.
Perhaps too many women have been isolated from ever having to feel pain from someone "bad".
This disconnect is odd but as a man, I have grown to understand that this is something we just have to put up with from many women. I won't be found with such a woman, though.
To: Lexington Green
To: Flifuss
It's all about the Schadenfreude.
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:18:22 AM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Flifuss
During the brain scans, each volunteer watched as the hands of a "fair" player and a cheater received a mild electrical shock. When it came to the fair-player, both men's and women's brains showed activation in pain-related areas, indicating that they empathized with that player's pain.I'd be quite interested to know whether the activation with regard to the "fair" player was equivalent between men and women, or whether women were more empathetic with that player as well. I guess I'll have to check out the article!
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posted on
01/18/2006 12:09:04 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: LizardQueen
I know plenty of female types who enjoy watching people get what's coming to them. Hell haveth no fury, etc. etc.
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posted on
01/18/2006 12:15:34 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: Gordongekko909
It's worth noting that there's other research which indicates that boys are considerably more rules-oriented than girls. For girls, 'just playing the game' is often satisfactory regardless. For boys, following the rules is at least as important.
Whether this may be extrapolated to men and women (as opposed to boys & girls) is another question altogether, but does seem to have some bearing on this study here. In short, I doubt that one can draw a connection between this study and, say, men or women's responses to criminal behavior and penal justice.
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posted on
01/18/2006 12:30:49 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: Flifuss
The more I see clinton and his ilk suffer, the happier I am.
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posted on
01/18/2006 1:25:38 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.)
To: Flifuss
I guess women shouldn't serve on juries.
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:36:04 PM PST
by
Choose Ye This Day
("Without God all things are permissible." -- Dostoevsky)
To: Flifuss
That's why I adore "24's" Jack Bauer. None of that metrosexual wimpiness. When it comes to bad guys, blow 'em away. Its the "Make My Day" attitude that's so 80s. Yeah, I smile when I see evil people get their just desserts. So sue me.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
01/18/2006 11:47:17 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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