The Darwin Awards: sex differences in idiotic behaviour

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The xmas edition of the BMJ is out:
The Darwin Awards: sex differences in idiotic behaviour
Ben Alexander Daniel Lendrem, Dennis William Lendrem, Andy Gray, John Dudley Isaacs
BMJ 2014; 349 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7094

Sex differences in risk seeking behaviour, emergency hospital admissions, and mortality are well documented. However, little is known about sex differences in idiotic risk taking behaviour. This paper reviews the data on winners of the Darwin Award over a 20 year period (1995-2014). Winners of the Darwin Award must eliminate themselves from the gene pool in such an idiotic manner that their action ensures one less idiot will survive. This paper reports a marked sex difference in Darwin Award winners: males are significantly more likely to receive the award than females (P<0.0001). We discuss some of the reasons for this difference.
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