Male-dominated societies are not more violent, study says

[DavidDvorkin]

Conventional wisdom and scientific arguments have claimed that societies with more men than women, such as China, will become more violent, but a University of California, Davis, study has found that a male-biased sex ratio does not lead to more crime.

Rates of rape, sexual assault and homicide are actually lower in societies with more men than women, the study found. And, evolutionary theories predicting that when males outnumber females, males will compete vigorously for the limited number of mates don't bear out. The study, "Too many men: the violence problem?" is in the April issue of Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-03/uoc--msa033114.php

[Aristus]

1. This would tend to refute the popular notion that violence is a male default position.

n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Yep

But of course that doesn't mean that people who like that idea will now drop it.

[kjones]

3. Very interesting

I almost thought "Hmm, that's counter intuitive."

Then I realized what I thought was intuition was actually
stereotypes and gender expectations.

[DavidDvorkin]

4. Yes, exactly.

[libodem]

5. But are they more stubborn?

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[DavidDvorkin]

6. That's funny.

[libodem]

7. .

[kjones]

8. Mind over matter obviously...

as in, if I can push it out of my mind, my health problems don't matter.

[libodem]

9. Yep

If you don't mind it don't matter...mind over matter.