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Aside: men dying in more accidents. That is not necessarily a measure of stupidity, but rather risk-taking. Businesses started by women succeed more often, but women are less likely to start businesses to start with. So, it may be read that they only try when success is guaranteed. And they don't push the company to expand. Very few billion dollar companies are started by women. It tends to be small businesses.

Which makes sense. Men have more to gain from success than women do. A man can have hundreds or even thousands of offspring (and some have - the chief of my village in Peace Corps had a couple hundred kids). Women top out at around 30. So for men, life is a winner-take-all tournament and taking risks is more valuable. There are more men who will never have children than there are women who won't. Men need to succeed, and women just have to stay alive. Hence the risk taking in men, and risk aversion in women.

by David C on Jul 22, 2011 4:35 pm • link • report

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