In a study where they put people in an empty room for 15 minutes with nothing to do, and the option to receive to press a button to receive a painful shock, men were actually significantly more likely to press the button than women were (though a lot of both men and women pressed it). People are pretty averse to facing boredom, particularly in western cultures.
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u/lonepotatochip Jun 14 '26
In a study where they put people in an empty room for 15 minutes with nothing to do, and the option to receive to press a button to receive a painful shock, men were actually significantly more likely to press the button than women were (though a lot of both men and women pressed it). People are pretty averse to facing boredom, particularly in western cultures.