November 11, 200718 yr A sociological experiment was conducted in Illinois called the "Wallet Test". You can read about it at http://www.wallettest.com/ The researchers deliberately dropped 100 identical wallets (containing money and ID) in public places to test honesty. The test results were broken down by age, gender and race ----> http://www.wallettest.com/Lost_Wallet_T ... _Page.html What I'd like to know is why did men steal over twice as much as women? :-s Proud webmaster of:"Orc Magazine" and the "Stickman Murder Mystery Games" too.
November 11, 200718 yr Women are more emotional, and empathic. Maybe they pick it up and think: "The person is going to be sad when they realise they lost their wallet, I'll make sure that doesn't happen and give it back" The men are more cold and logic and would maybe think "The idiot lost his wallet, it's his fault, it's mine now".
November 11, 200718 yr Because a woman has no use for a wallet, now if it was a Gucci bag that was 'dropped' a man would happily return it. A friend to all is a friend to none.
November 11, 200718 yr Not only, like said above, women are on average more emotional than men... But they are often also more religious/they fear some divine power will punish them for 'misconduct'. Women are very often groomed from an early age to be 'nice' and obey rules. Sure this happens with boys too who eventually become men, but for some unexplained reason, with less emphasis on them being 'nice' (maybe fearing they will grow up to become weak men).
November 11, 200718 yr Not only, like said above, women are on average more emotional than men... But they are often also more religious/they fear some divine power will punish them for 'misconduct'. Women are very often groomed from an early age to be 'nice' and obey rules. Sure this happens with boys too who eventually become men, but for some unexplained reason, with less emphasis on them being 'nice' (maybe fearing they will grow up to become weak men). I tend to agree. Also, like Nadril said, a sample size greater than a pissy 100 would be better.
November 11, 200718 yr Men have balls. Lmao, I think it's because some men hafta do manly acts like stealing to prove themselves. Sigs by: Soa | Gold_Tiger10 | Harrinator1 | Guthix121 | robo | Elmo | Thru | Yaff2 Avatars by: Lit0ua | Unoalexi | Gold Tiger . Hello friend, Senajitkaushik was epic, Good luck bro.
November 11, 200718 yr I would return it, hope for some sort of reward, even a seeing a happy person say thank-you would be enough. Now, if there was more then $2.10 and a fake $50 gift certificate, then I probably would keep it. :P
November 11, 200718 yr Men have balls. Lmao, I think it's because some men hafta do manly acts like stealing to prove themselves. The whole point, though, was that they thought nobody is watching them. :lol: So I doubt they tried to prove themselves. More likely, they saw an opportunity for easy money and took it... It's morally wrong, but McDonald's wont care about the 'morality' of the dollars when you order 2 cheeseburgers... Still if you looked at the results of the study, most people (75% returned it). Now if a rich researcher dropped wallets with $400 in them... You could really test people's morals. Anybody can pretend to be a saint by returning a wallet with $2.10 and cheap looking 'gift card'...
November 11, 200718 yr This would make a good debate if you broadened the subject a bit. After all, it's males who tend to cause wars, start fights, murder, hunt, use weapons, drive wrecklessly, abuse substances, abuse partners/relatives, etc... Obviously women do these things too, but it's far less common in females. One question that comes to mind would be: If every male was a 'sissy' and had lower testosterone levels, what would life be like on Earth? Would we be a step closer to world peace? Or would the lack of aggressiveness somehow make things worse? Sorry if I'm trailing off topic. Love and Peace :
November 11, 200718 yr Men have balls. Lmao, I think it's because some men hafta do manly acts like stealing to prove themselves. The whole point, though, was that they thought nobody is watching them. :lol: So I doubt they tried to prove themselves. More likely, they saw an opportunity for easy money and took it... Maybe they're trying to prove it to themselves. O.o? Sigs by: Soa | Gold_Tiger10 | Harrinator1 | Guthix121 | robo | Elmo | Thru | Yaff2 Avatars by: Lit0ua | Unoalexi | Gold Tiger . Hello friend, Senajitkaushik was epic, Good luck bro.
November 11, 200718 yr Money buys lipstick, so the logic of "it's not a handbag" fails hard. This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you.
November 11, 200718 yr One question that comes to mind would be: If every male was a 'sissy' and had lower testosterone levels, what would life be like on Earth? Would we be a step closer to world peace? Or would the lack of aggressiveness somehow make things worse? Sorry if I'm trailing off topic. Love and Peace : I'll tell ya one thing, it'd be a hell of a lot more boring. [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series.
November 11, 200718 yr One question that comes to mind would be: If every male was a 'sissy' and had lower testosterone levels, what would life be like on Earth? Would we be a step closer to world peace? Or would the lack of aggressiveness somehow make things worse? Sorry if I'm trailing off topic. Love and Peace : I'll tell ya one thing, it'd be a hell of a lot more boring. Finally, someone who thought the same thing I did before I could post it ^_^
November 11, 200718 yr If they would have just dropped money, the stats might have been different. If it was a nice purse, maybe even more different, but I guess people just want the money that's in it. Tbfgraphx14Happy to find I'm not the only one who eats glass.
November 11, 200718 yr I could agree that men steal more than women. Just yesterday at a football game I found $10 on the ground, but my girlfriend made me turn it in to the box office. :(
November 11, 200718 yr Money buys lipstick, so the logic of "it's not a handbag" fails hard. Yeah but women don't worry about that because they spend the man's money :roll: .
November 11, 200718 yr Women are more emotional, and empathic. Maybe they pick it up and think: "The person is going to be sad when they realise they lost their wallet, I'll make sure that doesn't happen and give it back" The men are more cold and logic and would maybe think "The idiot lost his wallet, it's his fault, it's mine now". umm stereotype? :|
November 11, 200718 yr Women are more emotional, and empathic. Maybe they pick it up and think: "The person is going to be sad when they realise they lost their wallet, I'll make sure that doesn't happen and give it back" The men are more cold and logic and would maybe think "The idiot lost his wallet, it's his fault, it's mine now". umm stereotype? :| integration of emotional experiences and encoding to memory is much tighter in women than in men It's not a stereotype, it's a biological fact. Most (note: Not all, just the great majority) women are much more emotional than men on average. Just because I or you know some women who are tougher than average, doesn't mean most women are that way.
November 11, 200718 yr The wallet only contained $2.10 and some $50 gift certificate. Not even worth keeping. "The only way to avoid packaging the water would be to deliver it to people's homes and places of business through some sort of amazingly intricate and complex series of reservoirs, pumping stations, pipes . . . hey, wait a second.."
November 11, 200718 yr im pretty sure picking up money isn't stealing "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel AdamsMy new site. [bETA]
November 11, 200718 yr man, i would of though more women would keep it for... SHOPPING YAY *girlish screams of joy* but really i think its becuase us men think that if wee find money its ours when, women know it isnt right. us men are so happy being guilt free =]
November 11, 200718 yr Becase a men has to put the bread on the table. And the woman only needs to lay the table. Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore!
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