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I didn’t change the title, but without access to the original article, it seems like a correlation not causation.
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My guesses are that there ate multiple factors at play:
- less educated people make more kids
- “nice guys finish last” - assertive and more socially active people are more likely to find a partner and make children
- forcing others to follow perceived social dynamics means internal pressure to follow them oneself; having children is a social norm and expectation that is expected to be followed
I’d try and look for papers to see if my guesses hold any water, but time eludes me.
I think being assertive and more socially active meaning you’re more likely to be a bully is a bit of a myth. Although the cliché school or work bully may be assertive and socially active, there are many unpopular and awkward people who bully those around them, and it just goes unnoticed.
I think being assertive and more socially active meaning you’re more likely to be a bully is a bit of a myth.
You are reversing the implication that I’m guessing 😉
Nobody cares when losers bully each other…
Society only cares about good looking and or rich people
having children is a social norm and expectation that is expected to be followed
Global Fertility rates tell a different story
No, it doesn’t. At all. Having children is definitely the norm, with the average woman having over 2 children across the world right now.
Is this evopsych bullshit?
“This study shows us that bullying seems to be associated with some meaningful outcomes that help explain why kids do it,” Volk says. “This isn’t just ‘broken kids’ doing bad behavior; it’s getting them important things that matter.”
Yeah, same as bandits.
Volk says the results support the idea that adolescent bullying is, at least in part, an evolutionary adaptation that may help individuals pass on their genes to future generations.
Yep, evopsych bullshit.
Wouldn’t surprise me. Unfortunately the study is behind a paywall.
calling this evopsych is like calling freud the father of psychology
this is just them saying something that they like the sound of, humans are fundamentally an extremely social species and there are way more things that go into passing on our genes than just having kids; being celibate and just raising the kids of your siblings is more efficient at spreading your genes.
Each has a strong inverse relationship with socioeconomics.
Note
I am not saying being poor makes a kid a bully. My parent was poor and I only ever bullied bullies (and stopped when they stopped).
It’s just a nondescript statistical relationship. As to why it exists, I don’t know. My guess is greater baseline stress, less emotional support, and higher chance of domestic violence.
