>>Humans naturally separate into logical groups.<<
2 interesting examples — one part of lore, the other most can relate to.
Lore: According to the producers of the first Planet of the Apes movie, the actors in costume clustered by ape type — gorillas with gorillas, orangutans with orangutans, etc. The self-selected by what they saw.
The second is to me more interesting. When you go to the Medieval Nights do=inner show, you are assigned a color. Through the show you root for “your” knight. Interestingly (IMHO) it goes from being of fun to a very real investment in how “your” knight performs and a great desire he wins the whole thing.
Just because you were TOLD “this is your group.”
I am sure there are sociological studies in the days before Political Correctness that analyze this groupism.
re: Medieval Nights
Plus genuine disappointment when they lose. My kids wanted pictures with “our” knight at the end, but not the other ones cause they were “mean”.
“The second is to me more interesting. When you go to the Medieval Nights do=inner show, you are assigned a color. Through the show you root for “your” knight. Interestingly (IMHO) it goes from being of fun to a very real investment in how “your” knight performs and a great desire he wins the whole thing.”
Interesting. We watch a lot of esports. Because their are only blue and red for colors the teams or players randomly have one of those for the serious of games they are playing. But in the next series a hour or two later there is no gareuntee that the player/team you prefer is going to be that same color. I find it takes serious effort to change what color you are rooting for from one match to the next. I will be half way through a game and find I am routing for the ‘wrong’ team.
I'd bet that this need/proclivity to group is what is behind the apparent rampant gender diaspora currently reported.