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Women take risks to help others to stay alive

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Abstract Evidence that women voluntarily expose themselves to some threats more than men do challenges the generalizability of the claim that women exceed men in self-protective responses. Examples include women's… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Evidence that women voluntarily expose themselves to some threats more than men do challenges the generalizability of the claim that women exceed men in self-protective responses. Examples include women's higher rates of living organ donation and rescuing Jews during the holocaust. In general, women's efforts to keep other people alive can take precedence over their efforts to protect themselves.

Keywords: others stay; risks help; take risks; help others; stay alive; women take

Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2022

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