Female societies less prone to violence, study says.

[Q Classic]

Just ignore the data.

Anthropologists have never directly observed a female-dominated society among humans, but many have speculated that such societies would be less violent than male-dominated ones. Now that postulate has been challenged by hard evidence. Bonobos, a primate species that is female-dominated and bisexual, have been observed repeatedly hunting and killing other apes in the wild.

Admittedly, these are bonobos, and not humans; additionally, it's on io9 which isn't a science blog, but a science fiction one. (The study itself is, tragically, behind a paywall.)

But it's clear that female-dominate societies are less violent than male ones, because females are more 'sensitive'.

[Lazerus]

Anybody who thinks women are less violent then men should spend a night out in newcastle, classy girls.

[Boris Godunov]

But are they more prone to nagging?

[Dauphin]

In my experience some women are good at getting their fellas into fights.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Mrs. Snuggles

[Dauphin]

Why would you want to read the link?

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Mrs. Snuggles

Let's see how long my fishing lure takes...

That said, I suppose the argument can be made that it's not female-dominated societies which are less prone to violence, but bisexual-dominated ones. Or, say, non-human-dominated societies are more prone to violence.

[Lancer]

There would be universal peace and love and a monthly all out war to the death. But mostly far superior peace and love.

[Blaupanzer]

The reason they've never observed one directly, is that such societies in Africa and NA attracted the attention of heavily armed male dominated societies that wiped them out. At least that what happened to the branch of Algonquins and a tribe in southern Nigeria, both of which were actually ruled by women.

[Q Classic]

It's showing up in Wired, too.

So it seems that just becaus one sex is more 'sensitive', that doesn't necessarily mean they're any less violent--socially or physically.

More studies would be needed, of course, but.

[Whoha]

Re: Female societies less prone to violence, study says.

Originally posted by Mrs Snuggles
Just ignore the data.



Admittedly, these are bonobos, and not humans; additionally, it's on io9 which isn't a science blog, but a science fiction one. (The study itself is, tragically, behind a paywall.)

But it's clear that female-dominate societies are less violent than male ones, because females are more 'sensitive'.

I think the fact that there aren't any to observe lends credence to the hypothesis.

[Guynemer]

Y: The Last Man

[Zkribbler]

Are there any female-dominated human societies in the world?

[Lancer]

Well there's my house.

[BlackCat]

Nah, there are a simple reason to why there are no female dominated societies.

Both males and females are violent creatures, but while male violence are society building (unity against furriners), female violence are society destructing due to catfight and setting male up against male inside society.

Obviously that study sucks