Why do men like to gamble and take risks more often than women do?

[Barbaric]

Higher risk-taking behaviour is a natural side effect of testosterone.

If you think about our evolutionary history it has always been up to men to take risks. Back in the caveman days that meant taking down large and dangerous animals to feed the tribe, fighting off predators and men from rival tribes. Later on it meant going to war or working a dangerous job. Women and children were always protected because they were more vulnerable.

You speak about empathy, and you call those men douches for lacking empathy for their opponents, but it's lack of empathy that makes a better competitor. Again in the past men were hunters and warriors. Empathy is highly beneficial when it comes to taking care of babies and young children, but not when you're out there killing shit. The more empathy you have the less competitive you become.

The best players are usually men, but there are some good women - and those women tend to have autistic traits. High-functioning autistic people are usually highly intelligent when it comes to systematising and logical skill, but low in empathy.

[Lynx122]

Well competing and winning is more important if you're a guy. We don't give birth to kids so we need to stand out in some way and the way to do it is to get to the top. And if you wanna get there you have to take a lot of risks.

The guys at the top get all the spoils but it's a constant knife fight because a ton of people want to get there. If you don't have confidence and take your shot when you feel like you've got the advantage then you'll never do anything.

Women have more to lose and evolved with childbirth in mind so you're naturally more into stability and playing it safe.

I don't see what's douchey about betting more if you think you'll win that's what gambling is about if you don't want that they don't play for money.

[DizzyDesii]

I don't know cause i’d def be one of those women to double bet 😂 i forget who i am when at a casino 😭

[Miristheiss]

Because men and women are different. Physically, aptitudes, interests, strengths and weaknesses, hormonally... every level.

Overall, men and women are different and have different interests.

Testosterone... brain work.
Women's brains are different and estrogen affects them differently.

[slatyb]

Are you playing for money? I wouldn't play for money online because it would be too easy to get moved from a strong computer program.

Anyway doubling is part of the game and if women don't double they aren't strong players.

[Anonymous]

It's not bravery. It's competitiveness. I was raised to just have fun and be a good sport. But that's NOT the way rhe world works. It took many years for me ro break that programming. I don't care if it's checkers or poker anything i play i want your head! I want to embarrass you! I want to beat you si bad you'll never dare compete against me again. That is when you have yor opponent mentally beat.
But don't het me wrong after it's all over i'll still say good game and shake your hand.

[Anpu23]

It's hormonal. It has been observed in gender reassignment surgery that during the hormonal therapy that women transitioning into men almost universally acknowledged more risk taking behavior while men transitioning into women report less. This indicates a hormonal cause.

[NEONSNEK]

I'm no expert but there seem to be a two factors, one motivator could be greed, the other could be an adrenaline junkie, or both, a degenerate gambler.

[Fukaroo]

Women got their rights later and they are afraid to stand in positions only known to be filled by men. No offense but that's what I think.

[Anonymous]

It's genetic.

"We find the extremely robust result that women are more risk averse than men."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167268111001521

[MrCommodore]

I think women tend to be more cautious in general, for example if you look at most female questions on GAG, Most seem to be anonymous, while most men don't care if they reveal their profile.

[jamesgoldman]

I don't know... I do it but don't know why I just view my risk taking as training in business so you get used to losing as well as the risk of puting money out there

[MrNameless]

Has nothing to do with empathy for the opponent. Could be a testerone thing. Makes men take more risks

[Bluemax]

Evolution has rewarded the strategy of male risk takers.

It has similarly rewarded the strategy of female empaths.

[winterfox10]

I don't know the biological reason, but I know that the tendency to take risks has been well documented.

[COMMODOREII]

It may be the culture difference but women here are more willing to fight than men. 😕

[888theGreat]

We have more balls and ovaries don't swing.

[Kelly6]

Women are more secure

[CubaPirate]

Lack of acceptance of responsibility I'd say

[Grond21]

It's in our wiring. Especially due to testosterone

[mrgspoter]

I don't know that game

[TienShenhan]

Testosterone does that

[Slim57]

I dont know. I dont

[Valnac]

Testosterone!