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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
No, there are different types of strength and bravery, and it's totally down to individual differences in my opinion. I guess the reason this myth (that men are braver) might perpetuate is that in certain circumstances, e.g. Someone being attacked, carrying someone out of danger, saving people from sinking cars, etc we more often see males jumping in than females but that's really just because males are on average more physically cut out for those situations, so it's less of a risk. Less of a risk isn't the same as "more brave". Also... I personally don't think that these acute physical situations are the really big "tests of bravery" in life, anyway.
I guess maybe on average, you could argue that men are more physically confident than women? And jump into certain physical situations more often for that reason.
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I would agree with this. i do think averagely men are more confident in their abilities/strength and as such...may be more likely to actually help someone rather than passing by or something? Like if a woman saw someone being attacked, she may be more hesitant to get involved as there is a large chance she could not help anyway and will just get hurt herself too. Where your average guy may not do that risk assessment and just jump right in, even with the risk of it happening to him? IDK. I do think that on the whole men are more confident that women though. And obviously much much stronger (going averagely)
I agree with this whole post tbh.