New Study: Men take pleasure in seeing those deemed "unfair" punished

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Both sexes exhibited empathy-related activation in pain-related brain areas (fronto-insular and anterior cingulate cortices) towards fair players. However, these empathy-related responses were significantly reduced in males when observing an unfair person receiving pain. This effect was accompanied by increased activation in reward-related areas, correlated with an expressed desire for revenge. We conclude that in men (at least) empathic responses are shaped by valuation of other people's social behaviour, such that they empathize with fair opponents while favouring the physical punishment of unfair opponents, a finding that echoes recent evidence for altruistic punishment.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636868/
 
evince said:
more revenge seeking and more likely to be sociopaths
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I think they are more likely to be diagnosed as sociopaths, but I am not sure we can conclude that they are more likely to be sociopaths. It's possible women just aren't diagnosed. We see this with heart disease, so it's not like there are no examples.
 
Women I know always make their gender out to be vindictive and revenge-seeking (and apparently can't play nice with other women), but when the chips are down, I go off about how unfair asshole x deserves pain, punishment, or death, and they think I'm overreacting. :D
 
Why do women love bad people as much as good people? This explains why they like "bad boys".

People who treat others unfairly should be shunned by our society, but to women, their is nothing wrong with treating them the same as others.

Thanks, women!
 
tinfoil said:
Why do women love bad people as much as good people? This explains why they like "bad boys".

People who treat others unfairly should be shunned by our society, but to women, their is nothing wrong with treating them the same as others.

Thanks, women!
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Vengeance seeking behavior has more to do with establish a reputation for fearfulness, and thus establishing dominance, than enforcing societal rules. It is not surprising that men seek it more often, given their increased tendency to dominance establishing behavior. That's why it's so often disproportionate, in fact, the slobbering masses are only enthralled by vastly disproportionate reactions, specifically because they are seeking this fantasy of establishing individual reputation and dominance. A person who reacted proportionality would be a pansy, someone who seeks the good of society rather than their own personal glorification. A trial is a waste of time, because that only slows things down, and that reduces the amount of reputation to be gained. In fact, the guilt or innocence of the person in question is of little relevance because this is, again, simply a reputation establishing device. As long as it is thought they are guilty, then all is good. Other thoughts such as the possibility of reform and thus the persons future possible worth to society, or the feelings of the family of the accused, are also of no relevance. This is how vengeance differs from a system of justice, a system of justice seeks the societal good, a system of vengeance seeks the individual good. It is really a sign of our fraying, decadent society, in which no one trusts any one any more and there is no thought of us, only I, that justice is now mocked, and vengeance mindlessly glorified, woe be to those who think otherwise.
 
Darla said:
So grind the takeaway is that men are more vengeful than women? Is that your point? I am not sure.
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Not every post of mine comes with an ulterior motive. Sometimes I just post stuff I find interesting. Dont over think it.
 
No Face said:
Vengeance seeking behavior has more to do with establish a reputation for fearfulness, and thus establishing dominance, than enforcing societal rules. It is not surprising that men seek it more often, given their increased tendency to dominance establishing behavior. That's why it's so often disproportionate, in fact, the slobbering masses are only enthralled by vastly disproportionate reactions, specifically because they are seeking this fantasy of establishing individual reputation and dominance. A person who reacted proportionality would be a pansy, someone who seeks the good of society rather than their own personal glorification. A trial is a waste of time, because that only slows things down, and that reduces the amount of reputation to be gained. In fact, the guilt or innocence of the person in question is of little relevance because this is, again, simply a reputation establishing device. As long as it is thought they are guilty, then all is good. Other thoughts such as the possibility of reform and thus the persons future possible worth to society, or the feelings of the family of the accused, are also of no relevance. This is how vengeance differs from a system of justice, a system of justice seeks the societal good, a system of vengeance seeks the individual good. It is really a sign of our fraying, decadent society, in which no one trusts any one any more and there is no thought of us, only I, that justice is now mocked, and vengeance mindlessly glorified, woe be to those who think otherwise.
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Great post.
 
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