Underneath it, you don't seem to be laughing. These are some pretty strong statements:
They're not strong statements.
To be clear, I am referring to a simpler and more general idea that men sometimes size each other up in relation to establishing a hierarchy. My signature says everything should be made as simple as possible. This is pretty darn simple.
And yes, "sometimes" they do, and yes, agreed, that's normal. And as to simplification, yes, there's overly simplifying an idea to the point, where due to a lack of context, context breaks down along with the validity of the idea.
What do you see when you look at male mammals in nature? Hierarchies of dominance. Everywhere.
Nope. I just see a bunch of animals hanging out and nothing more as I don't psych everything out as there's no need to comment on the obvious and also, doing so takes the fun out of life. You write as if this is all new information when in fact, it's very old and well disseminated information. You've heard the term "Boring!" I'm sure? And yes, with all due respect, if it's all new to you, then it won't be boring.
Pretty basic idea.
Actually, it's so basic, it's not even worth discussion, unless in an elementary 101 class where nobody has "any" prior knowledge. There's a reason for 100 series classes.
People are 99% animal. So even if we disguise it with socialization, something similar is bound to be happening.
Are they. I can see you've yet to come out of Psych 101. There's no disguising it with socialization as that's what's called "Pop Psychology." Humans have been socializing beyond that of our animal friends for millions of years, not days, weeks, months or years. Playing the animal card is both beginning psych conversation and has nothing to do with penis envy nor it's connection to audio gear. If you want to see yourself in the light of being an animal, have at it. If you want to drain the fun out of enjoying audio gear, like some others here are want to do, have at it. Everything isn't tied into a penis and just because somebody writes as much doesn't make it so. It's also offensive to read this type of tripe in a forum of this kind.
Now, evidence... has any study shown that men have a potential to size each other up, the same way animals would before fighting? Yes, a recent study has.
A recent study? Forgive me but your above comment is one reason why I laugh. It's hard not to laugh when it's written that somebody was more then likely paid to sum up what everybody already knew. It's as if this is some sort of startling revelation when this information has been continually known about for tens of thousands of years. The originality of a study of this kind is like writing that folks know intuitively to stay out of the way of a city bus and doing so is some sort of genetic survival instinct that harkens back millions of years ago. With all due respect, this study you're commenting on isn't a news flash. Even today, folks from the poorest, least educated backgrounds can talk knowledgeably about the act of posturing; punking somebody out. A suggestion, go back through your military history over the last sixty-five hundred years or more and you'll see that humanity well understood the concept of posturing. People are not as dumb or ignorant as others like to think they are. Also, please go back through known paleo-history. In doing so you'll see that humanity was on to this point tens of thousands of years ago and not just learning about it due to the release of a recent study. Please, go back through your history and you'll be able to easily see and understand how man quickly overcame this size/strength advantage and learned how to exploit weaknesses in "stronger" opponents. Stating the obvious, it's called skill building, an act which separates us from our animal friends. And no, one can't emotionally function on a healthy level going into a room with other guys, getting all weird in the process, just because there are other dudes in the room who can kick their butt. If they're doing that, they've yet to grow up.
My fault for getting sucked up in the triteness of the penis comment as I can see the maturity of thought isn't there and that's why the comment was made in the first place.
My apologies.
