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VirtueVeritas 0 points ago +1 / -1

WTF Estrogen does not do that. Men take more risks - they always have. Women are more cautious because they are the ones who gestate and care for children.

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Robocop_Kamala 1 point ago +1 / -0

It's brain chemistry (specifically receptors) + culture, not estrogen alone.

Estrogen does affect moods + behavior, but even so it can't quite be 1 to 1 compared between men and women - low estrogen in women usually causes depression and other problems, the same is not true for men where testosterone is the more important factor in mental health. The effects the same hormone has are different between men and women due to how men vs women's neuroreceptors interact with them.

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VirtueVeritas 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yes, estrogen affects the mood - so does testosterone. But saying estrogen makes you 'gullible' is retarded. Women are more risk-averse, but that's due to thousands of years of evolution where women were the primary caregivers. Women are more risk-averse because they carry and care for children.

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Robocop_Kamala 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yeah I don't disagree pede, estrogen doesn't make you more gullible, else women should rate lower on interpreting social cues which doesn't hold.

Women are more agreeable however, that does hold true, and that's a mix of hormones + brain chemistry and culture. And ofc being physically weaker means you (historically speaking) needed to be able to handle conflict in a largely non-physical way (firearms even this out in terms of self defense at least). Being more risk averse is a part of women's biology, not merely cultural. Going a little on a tangent here: women that invest make 7% more return on their investments on avg compared to men thanks to it.