Sizing up Helen: Nonviolent physical risk-taking enhances the envisioned bodily formidability of women

摘要: Men are more prone than women to both commit physical violence and engage in nonviolent activities entailing the risk of injury or death. The Crazy Bastard Hypothesis (Fessler et al. 2014a) addresses this conjunction, arguing that risk-taking communicates information about actor’s agonistic formidability, as individuals who indifferent possibility harm likely enter conflicts, difficult repel, those sensitive harm. Reflecting use bodily size representations summarize previous work demonstrates risk-prone men envisioned be larger risk-averse men. Though less violent men, particularly highly competitive environments, too sometimes benefit from engaging violence. Correspondingly, observers should draw similar inferences regarding formidability when assessing physically women. Results a large online experiment U.S. follow-up stu...