From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 09:33:01 MST
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 07:04:00AM -0800, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> If the selective differentiation between the food sources
> selected by human males and females in an evolutionary
> context is a reasonable theory, it would not seem unreasonable
> to extend this to the selection of the "best" of the available
> resources. This might show up as a bias on the part of males
> towards the preference for "fresh meat".
May not an even simpler explanation be that males tend to behave a bit
more according to well-learned behavior patterns (perhaps due to a
naturally slightly higher resting arousal level affecting the
noradrenergic systems?). This means that males would settle for a
satisfactory solution, while females would sample more to get a better
solution.
I don't think this is a true explanation, but it sounds neat.
Also remember that so far this discussion has entirely left out the big
cultural factors that definitely affect shopping behavior.
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