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90% of victims experiencing workplace mass hysteria are female (Brabant, Mergle & Messing, 2006) (doi.org)

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[–]penpractice 62 points63 points  (4 children) | Copy Link

This almost certainly means women are more comformist than men, as mass hysteria is caused by many people conforming to an unwarranted judgment.

[–]SophisticatedBean[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Women seem to score low in some "dominance proclivity" latent factor as indicated by variables like adult crying, anxiety, childish anger, compliance, dolls vs trucks, private vs public, cooking vs construction, excessive smiling, preference for dominant partner and the like. Highly correlated with childishness.

Dutton suggested this sex difference comes in part from men preferring obedient women as those are less likely to cuckold them, which matters since resource investment is so expensive for men. Men's fetish for lesbians and cute, playful weak women may also come from this, as wives who get additional sexual pleasure from each other rather than from other men would have been preferred. Of course all of this once again boils down to Bateman's principle and women specializing on child care and extracting resources from men.

Edit: Plausibly parents choosing women for their offspring perform the same kind of selection for obedient women because neither them want to waste family resources on someone else's children. Parents being involved in that choice has been the norm in many cultures (source, source, source).

[–]mr_kuk 25 points26 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

They are the "victims" od their own hysteria. They also have the right to vote...

[–]TheRabbitTunnel 0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Well we already knew that they were, but yes

[–]innocent_butungu 0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Conversion disorders have always been a female thing

[–]boy_named_su 58 points59 points  (2 children) | Copy Link

The etymology of the word "hysterical" is "uterus"

https://www.etymonline.com/word/hysterical

[–]TryhardPantiesON 38 points39 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

I love this subreddit.

[–]SophisticatedBean[S] 25 points26 points  (5 children) | Copy Link

I copied and translated Tableau 1 below.

Sector (context) # hysteria episodes Women/cases
Food (processing plants) 2 61/65
Food (plantations) 3 60/60
Textile (fabrication) 5 189/200
Textile (warehouse) 1 53/72
Service (telecom) 3 100/103
Service (data processing) 1 35/35
Service (hospital) 1 102/102
Industry (electronics assembly) 5 263/265
Industry (fabrication) 4 95/95
Industry (assembly) 5 314/406
Total 30 1272/1403 (90.7%, 95CI: 89%, 92%)

Also interesting this wiki article which overwhelmingly features female victims: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_hysteria_cases

I think this phenomenon is interesting to consider in light of prevalent rape, pedophilia, harassment, equal pay, terrorism and other kinds of hysterias and moral panics1, which are possibly related to the increased prevalence of women in influential positions, and hence highly relevant to the blackpill.

1: Not saying these things aren't wrong, but just receive an obnoxious amount of attention compared to e.g. the most common causes of premature death, e.g. sedentary lifestyle.

Also related:

Women younger than 45 are 10 times as likely to cry than men older than 45 in stressful situations such as work environments.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703922804576300903183512350

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812979931/ (Kraemer 2013)

[–]SophisticatedBean[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Notice how the only large male contributions are in industrial assembly, which are possibly more likely related to realistic threats like fire hazard or toxic substances the workers are exposed to?

[–]MonicaB921 0 points1 point  (1 child) | Copy Link

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0812979931/

(Kraemer 2013)

is it worth reading it (as an audiobook at twice the speed it should take around 4 hours out of my life)? Would you recommend it? It's not some sort of wishy washy self help book?

[–]SophisticatedBean[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

I didn't ever read it. I was only interested in the survey the author conducted and published it in this book. It's good that you reminded me of reviewing this as my info was somewhat wrong:

  • The data comes from two national surveys. "Emotional Incidents in the Workplace Survey", ages 18-64. N = 701. Conducted by Anne Kreamer and Mark Truss, JWT’s director of brand intelligence. Spring 2009. More info: AnneKreamer.com
  • 73% felt frustrated at work (men and women)
  • Among young workers ages 18–44, 51% of women felt angry compared to 42 percent of men
  • 42% M v 23% F felt that anger is an effective management tool
  • 60% saw their boss get angry during the past year
  • 46% felt anxious in the past year, (49% F, 43% M). Among young workers: 56 % F, 38 % M
  • Women under 45 are ten times more likely to cry at work than men 45 and older
  • In 12 months, 41 percent of women cried at work, but only 9 percent of men
  • 69% said emotional people in the workplace seem "more human"
  • 88% of all workers (93% W, 83 percent men) said being sensitive to others’ emotions is a positive trait

So women are "only" 4.5 as likely to cry at workplace than men across all ages, but they may cry more often overall. Men's crying pattern does not change much after 20, whereas women calm down somewhat. So, in stressful environments like at workplace and college/university, a sex ratio of 7:1 in crying frequency seems plausible in the early 20s and has also been found by another study in the previous link.

Here are some reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10503717-it-s-always-personal#other_reviews

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