Men Take More Risks When Pretty Women Are Around

From Live Science:

Being around a pretty woman can make men take more risks, a new study finds.

Researchers looked at the risk-taking behaviors of 96 young adult men, with an average age of nearly 22, by asking them to do both easy and difficult tricks on skateboards.

First, the young men performed the tricks in front of another man, then in front of a young, attractive female. (The attractiveness of the woman was independently assessed by 20 male raters.)

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