Since research is compelling that levels of testosterone in males determine willingness to take risks, I wonder if it also affects perception of risk.
On Mar 28, 2013, at 2:39 PM, glen e. p. ropella wrote: > Victoria Hughes wrote at 03/26/2013 11:27 AM: >> 1. The discussion also references non-European, non-white-male models >> for awareness, reality, conceptual modeling, etc. > > I found this interesting: > > Is the culturally polarizing effect of science literacy on climate > change risk perceptions related to the "white male effect"? Does the > answer tell us anything about the "asymmetry thesis"?! > > http://www.culturalcognition.net/blog/2013/3/28/is-the-culturally-polarizing-effect-of-science-literacy-on-c.html > > "2. The "white male effect" -- the observed tendency of white males to > perceive risk to be lower -- is actually a "white male hierarch" effect. > If you look at the blue lines, you can see they are more or less at > This is consistent with prior CCP research that suggests that the > "effect" is driven by culturally motivated reasoning: white male > hierarch individualists have a cultural stake in perceiving > environmental and technological risks to be low; egalitarian > communitarians -- among whom there are no meaningful gender or race > differences--have a stake in viewing such risks to be high." > > -- > glen e. p. ropella, 971-255-2847, http://tempusdictum.com > A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the > support of Paul -- George Bernard Shaw > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
