Evolution. Women are weaker and depend more on alliances for survival.

which is also why theyre evolutionary predisposed to love trashy reality tv which is all about forming and breaking alliances for survival.

Men are predisposed to love pure physical competition for dominance which is why we love sports.

Slightly off point: I sometimes wonder if there is a correlation between being old and lonely and being a Trumper. A lot of Trump supporters sure seem to fall into that category.

#10 | Posted by moder8

Trumpers are losers who can't improve their lives so they're willing to settle for making everyone else's lives worse. To them, that feels like winning.

#5 Those theories are awfully deterministic. A little too glib. I think it's more cultural in America and the West, not innate at the hard wire level.

In other words it's a culture thing,not a genetic thing.

#15 | Posted by Effeteposer

You mean scientific. People dont want to think about how we're just advanced animals.

There is no culture where men are physically weaker than women.

There is no culture where men are physically weaker than women.
#16 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY

Ayn Rand, welcome to the DR.

#19 | Posted by snoofy

Do you know of one?

I keep reading about Russian losses. The Ukrainian losses are like a state secret or something.

They lie about it constantly anyway just like they lie about everything else.

Both sides are lying.

#24 | Posted by Effeteposer

Which side had to take over all the tv stations and shut down the internet stupid?

#4 and #16 physically men 'might be stronger', possibly...

but mentally? why are more women excelling in college than men?
pain threshold wise? why do women have a higher pain threshold generally than men?
longevity wise? If men are so strong, why do women live, on average, about 3-6 years longer?

If anyone is 'thinking in antequated archetypes' it appears to be you Speaksoft...

Women, it can easily be argued, are the stronger of the two sexes.
This doesn't 'bother my manhood' any, why does it seem to bother yours?

#21 | Posted by earthmuse

Interesting that you would conclude it bothers me.

This thread is about how men dont make friends as easily as women. I pointed out that women have better social skills because they need alliances to survive due to being physically weaker. It's strange how stating simple facts like these upsets so many people.

No, but your comment has an amoral Superman quality to it.

#30 | Posted by snoofy

I guess that's what scientific objectivity sounds like to those who don't like its conclusions.

I just think that's the wrong explanation. Not All women are better than men at making friends.

Not all men are worse at it. Even if the trend holds it may have more to do with caring for offspring then relative physical weakness.

Men tend to be very dependent on their women.

#32 | Posted by Effeteposer

And women tend to be very dependent on their men.

And better at making friends because they have to be. Their vocal and language parts of their brain are bigger than mens because they're meant to socialize for survival. Mens spacial awareness parts of their brain are bigger and so are their bodies because they need that for hunting for survival.

#33 He's just married to his statement and saving face at this point. It's damage control, not reasoned argument. He's in a hole and should stop digging.

#35 | Posted by Effeteposer

I'm the only one actually making a reasoned argument.

#38 | Posted by El_Buscador

Careful! Using scientific facts like that is really upsetting for some people here for some reason.

It's almost as if we're all supposed to be so progressive that admitting there are biological differences in the genders that lead to behavioral differences is seen as patriarchal propaganada or something.

Can a DR Lib kid please define "men" for me so we can all make sure we are on the same page?

#48 | Posted by humtake

Can a DR fascist please act like people's -------- are the real threat to america so that people will overlook your insurrection attempt?

Wow, Speaks and I agree on something. Men are physically stronger than women. The funny part is I thought you were a woman until this post.

Police training is very testosterone based. I used to teach a short class exclusively for female officers where we talked about how we differ in skills and abilities from male officers, and ways to use those differences to better interact with the public and handle ourselves in tactical situations. The class got mixed because someone thought it was sexist to acknowledge we were different.

#46 | Posted by Miranda7

No I'm not a woman. But there are plenty of objective women who will admit men are physically stronger than women and that the different sexes have different abilities. Many woke fem warrior women will call that heresy but it's simply the facts.

"Men are physically stronger than women."

I don't disagree with this.

I am asking how that relates to making friends.

#54 | Posted by snoofy

That's what my very first comment explained.

SpeakSoftly seems to suggest the stronger you are the less friendly you are.

#55 | Posted by snoofy

Close. More like - the weaker you are, the more social skills you need to survive.

Yeah I don't agree with this at all.

But if you have data, I am willing to be convinced you are right and I am wrong.

#60 | Posted by snoofy

You need data that stronger animals can survive on their own better than weaker animals?

Do you need data that water is wet too?

Honestly you sound like a Social Darwinist.

#63 | Posted by snoofy

Honestly you sound like you'd burn darwin at the stake.

I don't know what that is supposed to mean.

I work in biotech; Darwin sort of made that possible.

#65 | Posted by snoofy

Then it's pretty funny that you're having such a strong negative reaction to the acknowledgement of evolutionary difference between the sexes.

Ever notice how men can laugh at footage of others guys getting injured but if the same thing happens to a woman it's not funny?

#70 | Posted by Tor

That's not just men. Women laugh at guys getting hurt too. Guys getting hurt = funny, because they are stronger and more likely to be ok.

Feel free to provide real-life examples of your choosing to substantiate your assertion, if that's how you roll.
I might not even see how what you assert is testable, but that doesn't mean it might not be real.

#76 | Posted by snoofy

Go on a dating app and list your height as 6'4". Then make a duplicate profile and list your height as 5' 4". You'll get more interest on the taller profile because women are drawn to bigger men, knowing instinctively (knowledge handed down via evolution) that bigger animals can protect themselves, and by implication, their offspring.