Comments on: Do Women Shy Away from Competition?

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:08:26 +0000

Sissy,

As a huge fan of evolutionary theory and its impact on economics this makes quite a bit of sense to me.

By: Sissy Willis

Sissy Willis — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:36:48 +0000

Risk aversion rings true in the evolutionary sense of offspring-bearing female vs. wild-oat-sowing male. He has less to lose and so is "wired" to take more chances.

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:18:56 +0000

Steven,

Interesting point, but it is $2 per right answer, so the amounts could be as high as $200.

By: Steven L.

Steven L. — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:56:22 +0000

Would the same hold true at $50 in place of $.50, I wonder? It is easy to take risks over $2.00; it might be less easy at $200, much less $2,000.

By: The Unknown Professor

The Unknown Professor — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:17:00 +0000

Stuff like this is always interesting, because it provides a window not only into whatever phenomenon is being studied, but also into the attitudes of the people who read the research and comment on it.

sarcasm on>
After all, what if men and women are really (gasp) wired differently? That COULDN'T be correct, so there must be a flaw in the research design.

By: RA

RA — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:37:55 +0000

This is obviously male bullying and sexist. Head to head competition is a sexist ploy to disenfranchise women. LOL