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Men Better Suited for War, Research Finds
Reuters ^ | Friday, Sept. 8, 2006 12:28 a.m. EDT | Reuters

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: battleofwatlingst; boudicca; duh; hllary; iceni; males; menandwomendifferent; romanempire; wowwhatfinding
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To: andyk


21 posted on 09/08/2006 12:59:16 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: andyk

Money had to be spent for this?

Could have used it to train more female military nurses.


22 posted on 09/08/2006 12:59:21 PM PDT by Global2010
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To: 3AngelaD

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....


23 posted on 09/08/2006 12:59:32 PM PDT by Judy Jetsun
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To: No Truce With Kings

Post 21, bra. :)


24 posted on 09/08/2006 12:59:45 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: No Truce With Kings

25 posted on 09/08/2006 1:00:34 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

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!


26 posted on 09/08/2006 1:00:43 PM PDT by najida (The internet is for kids grown up-- Where else could you have 10,000 imaginary friends?)
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To: RegulatorCountry
I grew up in a rural, agricultural area, and the farmers there all regarded yard work as "women's work." They'd proudly purchase their wives the finest John Deere lawn tractor that money could buy, but their wives were the ones who used it.

Yeah, I was just kidding. Around the farm in South Carolina the men call the yard, "[Insert wife's name here] garden"
27 posted on 09/08/2006 1:01:18 PM PDT by msnimje (What part of-- "DEATH TO AMERICA" --do the Democrats not understand?)
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To: andyk

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.


28 posted on 09/08/2006 1:01:26 PM PDT by CobaltBlue (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: andyk

Men Better Suited for War, Research Finds


...unless they're French.


29 posted on 09/08/2006 1:01:29 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: andyk

Aww jeez, not this shit again!


30 posted on 09/08/2006 1:02:17 PM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: andyk
A&E once showed a special in which they followed a Company of male Marine recruits and female recruits through Recruit Training.They continuously pointed out that the men and women were subjected to exactly the same training program.

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.

31 posted on 09/08/2006 1:02:26 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: frogjerk

I coulda told somebody this and spent the money on a pontoon boat and a year's worth of beer.


32 posted on 09/08/2006 1:03:15 PM PDT by brwnsuga
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To: quark
STUDY: DEMOCRATS BETTER SUITED FOR LYING


33 posted on 09/08/2006 1:03:27 PM PDT by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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To: andyk

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 ...


34 posted on 09/08/2006 1:03:35 PM PDT by TimesDomain (When a judge declares himself "MASTER", you become his "SLAVE")
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To: andyk

This also just in: Yankee Third baseman Alex Rodriguez is gay.

Surprise, surprise!


35 posted on 09/08/2006 1:03:48 PM PDT by Reagan79 (Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys)
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To: andyk
Dee, dee, dee...


36 posted on 09/08/2006 1:04:02 PM PDT by quark
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To: andyk

"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.


37 posted on 09/08/2006 1:04:09 PM PDT by fishtank
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To: andyk
(BLANK STARE)
38 posted on 09/08/2006 1:04:49 PM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right....)
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To: andyk

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.


39 posted on 09/08/2006 1:04:53 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot
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To: brwnsuga
I coulda told somebody this and spent the money on a pontoon boat and a year's worth of beer.

Just don't get lost in Cambodia Vietnam.

40 posted on 09/08/2006 1:04:53 PM PDT by frogjerk (REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
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