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19Sex differences in aggression: Origins and implications for sexual integration of combat forcesBehavioral and Brain Sciences 32 (3-4): 270-271. 2009.Sex differences in aggressive and risk-taking behaviors have practical implications for sexual integration of military combat units. The social-role theory implies that female soldiers will adapt to their role and display the same aggressive and risk-taking propensities as their male comrades. If sex differences reflect evolved propensities, however, adoption of the soldier's role is unlikely to eliminate those differences
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24The relevance of sex differences in risk-taking to the military and the workplaceBehavioral and Brain Sciences 22 (2): 218-219. 1999.Sex differences in willingness to take physical risks and in concern for peer esteem may be relevant to whether women should serve in combat, since two major fears soldiers experience are of being injured and of not measuring up as warriors. Women's relative aversion to nonphysical risk may have workplace implications, since risk taking is an attribute of most successful executives.
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