Posted on 09/08/2006 12:52:18 PM PDT by andyk
Men may have developed a psychology that makes them particularly able to engage in wars, a scientist said on Friday.
New research has shown that men bond together and cooperate well in the face of adversity to protect their interests more than women, which could explain why war is almost exclusively a male business, according to Professor Mark van Vugt of the University of Kent in southern England.
"Men respond more strongly to outward threats, we've labelled that the 'man warrior effect'," he told the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.
"Men are more likely to support a country going to war. Men are more likely sign up for the military and men are more likely to lead groups in more autocratic, militaristic ways than women," he added.
Van Vugt said the finding is consistent with results from different behavioural science disciplines.
In experiments with 300 university men and women students, Van Vugt and his team gave the volunteers small sums of money which they could either keep or invest in a common fund that would be doubled and equally divided. None of the students knew what the others were doing.
Both sexes cooperated in investing in the fund. But when the groups were told they were competing against other universities, the males were more eager to invest rather than keep their money while the number of women contributing remained the same.
"We all know males are more aggressive than females," Van Vugt said, adding that co-operation is needed to establish institutions and governments and to wage wars.
"Male co-operation is a double-edged sword," he added.
Money had to be spent for this?
Could have used it to train more female military nurses.
My thought exactly...
That is like saying Women are suited better for shopping than men.
OR:
How about Dogs are suited better for chewing on bones than cats....
Post 21, bra. :)
I'll be workin' on my 'Deere' this weekend (yes,I can now change the belts!) Figured it out all by myself :)
And I'd way rather do yard work than housework-- yuk!
It's not necessarily positive news. If men weren't so good at war, we wouldn't have so many wars.
But human nature is what it is.
Men Better Suited for War, Research Finds
...unless they're French.
Aww jeez, not this shit again!
At one point,during The Crucible,it showed the guys exhausted,worn out...really hurtin'..but maintaining a good degree of "dignity" (my word) and determination.
The women (a number of them,at least),OTOH,were weeping and carrying on.
That,IMO,ties in very nicely with the theme of this post.
I coulda told somebody this and spent the money on a pontoon boat and a year's worth of beer.
You think so - and then comes along .....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697988/posts
Nurse Strangles Intruder With Bare Hands
What is that old saying about getting between a bear and her cubs ??? as many naturalists find out ...
This also just in: Yankee Third baseman Alex Rodriguez is gay.
Surprise, surprise!
"Men may have developed a psychology that makes them particularly able to engage in wars, a scientist said on Friday."
Here's how it SHOULD read:
"Men were DESIGNED by the Creator in such a way that makes them particularly able to engage in wars, a scientist said on Friday."
Yep, all fixed now.
Only in the environment of insane political correctness would there be a need to conduct such a study and restate the obvious known for centuries. This idiot must be a liberal that had to convince himself he was living in reality.
Just don't get lost in Cambodia Vietnam.
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