Men and Fear

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In general, why do most men seem to have no sense of fear and engage in risky activities? Some women may have this behavior, but it amazes me how fearless most men are.
 

Many men, and I am one of them do have fear of certain activities but pursue them any way and relish over coming the fear and consider it a personal victory. I feared deep Scuba Diving (100 feet) but having done it several times I still get an adrenaline rush thinking about it.

I had the same experience Bungy Jumping Head First.
 
I think women have a stronger "preservation of the species" instinct, which leads to not taking chances. They have too many present and future obligations to family, husband, children to risk putting themselves out of commission.

I seem to have somehow missed out on that instinct as I did some pretty stupid things in my day.
 

I think it is built into the male genes. Goes back to ancient times. They were the warriors, the hunters, the protectors. Only the best of those survived to have their genes passed down
 
jujube said:
I think women have a stronger "preservation of the species" instinct, which leads to not taking chances. They have too many present and future obligations to family, husband, children to risk putting themselves out of commission.

I seem to have somehow missed out on that instinct as I did some pretty stupid things in my day.
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Its inborn in the species.

Watch two bucks butting their heads together while the doe is calmingly watching chewing grass.
 
In life threatening situations fear is a normal reaction.......learning to push through the fear and not panic is the key to surviving.
 
I don't take risk like i did when i was younger but if it is a challenge that makes it worth wild.
 
I was scared shipless many many times, sky diving, bungee jumping rock climbing. I will admit that keeping up with and shaming my buddies led to more than one of the stupid things I did.
I just loved staring that fear in the eye and screaming, "COME ON MOTHER FU**ER"
 
I wish I could recall all the details, but some months ago I watched a "Nova" program on PBS and it was about the "fight or flight" response. Anyway, the program said that a certain percentage of men have no fear at all. Those men face extreme danger as calmly as you or I might drive to 7/11. They did not have any increase in B.P or heart rate. No sweating. (huh, I just had a thought. I wonder if that is where the term "no sweat" comes from ?)

They say that Chuck Yeager was one of those kind of men.

I don't count myself among those men. I have been plenty scared a number of times. Oddly, the one time I should have been scared witless was during a horrendous auto accident, but somehow my only thought was of my wife and baby's survival. It was not until 3 or 4 hours later when I began to shake uncontrollably. Strange how that kind of thing happens.
 
RadishRose said:
With women though, don't mess with their young. Holy hell will be unleashed without one whiff of fear.
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I don't mean to argue or go off topic but I must disagree. My own mother never did one damn thing as my step-father beat holy hell out of me, even going so far as breaking bones. And that was before I was even in kindergarten. Mother bear protecting her own ? Not I'm my experience.
 
Are you kidding? Every time I walked up to a vehicle on a traffic stop, (speeding, failure to stop at a traffic signal or stop sign, reckless driving, etc.) I worried what or who was behind the window of the vehicle. Any time that I made a stop and before walking up to the vehicle, I would run the plate and the owner, just to see if any derogatory information would come back. However, that alone never told the whole picture. At night, when I approached a vehicle, I would unsnap my holster and prepare for the worse because I just didn't know who was sitting in that seat or in any seat for that matter. We used to say, "There is no such thing as a routine traffic stop." Also, being called to a domestic dispute can be just as dangerous and sometimes even more so. We used to say, most people will run away when they hear gunshots, we ran toward the gunshots.

If anyone ever tells you that they have never been afraid, they are either lying or dumb.
 
Traveler said:
I wish I could recall all the details, but some months ago I watched a "Nova" program on PBS and it was about the "fight or flight" response. Anyway, the program said that a certain percentage of men have no fear at all. Those men face extreme danger as calmly as you or I might drive to 7/11. They did not have any increase in B.P or heart rate.
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I’ve had acquaintances like that
Some even seem prone to smile when things go south

Rather unnerving to be around
 
For some folks (mostly men, a few women), the thrill of danger overrides any feeling of obligation to their loved ones. I remember seeing a documentary about an ill-fated Everest expedition. One of the participants was being interviewed; he had suffered serious injuries, his nose had turned black from frostbite, lost part of fingers, etc. and had had a very good chance of losing his life. He said he couldn't wait to try to summit again. His wife was there and quietly stated that if he did try it again, she and the children would not be there to welcome him back. That was a classic example of putting the need for "thrill" before your obligations.
 
debodun said:
In general, why do most men seem to have no sense of fear and engage in risky activities? Some women may have this behavior, but it amazes me how fearless most men are.
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We're scared. We just fake like we're not to impress the chicks.

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