Do women tend to avoid risks and subtly get men to take them?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Neither. Men are much bigger risk takers than women but it’s not because women somehow trick them to. If you had looked at the research that’s out there rather than throw around hateful comments towards women, you would have seen that research say men are much bigger risk takers. This is true across the world and cultures. Young men and men with lower social economic status are extra high risk takers. A few explanations has been given. For example testosterone is known to be involved in mens risk taking, roughness, desire to compete which can contribute to risk taking. Evolution and sexual selection is the other major explanation. Men used to be hunters and warriors. They had to take risks to go out and successfully bring home food or stand up and protect the clan. Men who were more risk takers had more kids/more kids survive until they grew up and had kids themselves. Timid men with lower risk taking had less sexual success and fewer kids/fewer kids survive. This is true even today. Research show men who are higher risk takers have more children. This is kind of obvious. Clear example is a guy who goes out and takes the risk of talking to and flirting with women have a higher chance of having sex and relationships (and kids) than a timid man who’re too nervous to talk to women (won’t take the risk of rejection) - he often ends up an incel with no kids. So over history evolution and sexual selection has selected in favor of men with higher risk taking behavior. The opposite is true for women. Estrogen and progesterone lowers women’s natural risk taking and research show they feel more devastated after taking a risk and losing than men do. Nature has selected for women being more careful to protect herself and her body to increase the chance of her baby surviving in case she’s pregnant or has a child to care for.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I think some women do this, but I wouldn't say it's something women universally do. Sometimes a woman might feel safer letting a man take the lead, especially in situations where she feels vulnerable or isn't comfortable taking the risk herself. Other times, it's simply a matter of personality rather than gender.

I've also noticed that some people are happy to encourage someone else to take a risk they'd never take themselves, because they get to enjoy the outcome without dealing with the consequences if things go wrong. That can happen with both men and women.

Personally, I think there's a difference between trusting someone to take the lead and subtly pushing them into something you'd never be willing to do yourself. The second one can be pretty unfair, especially when the other person ends up carrying all the risk.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Yes, and men have always known this. The difference is at one time this was a risk worth taking. And that is what so many women out there do not want to own. Is for this all to work it has to be worthwhile gamble for the man. And for so many men it just isn't anymore. This is why women are unhappy is because some feel they have to break the natural order and pursue men. Some will and some flat our refuse. But mixed in with this is the current great social change were having. The gays, the trans, it's left us with a society where gender roles are still EXPECTED, yet incredibly fluid.🤣 As a result men are tired, beat tired of women. Tired of rules they have to follow, yet never work for them. And women are tired of the same duds one after another only problem is because she expects ALL men to approach her. She never seems to put it together that she only choosing between the DUDS.🤦‍♂️ To get what she truly wants she may have to go a little outside her comfort zone.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes..

Do women tend to avoid risks and subtly get men to take them?

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