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by Hemmersfield on February 15th, 2010
Although lying is not a genetic feature that is passed on, the ability and intent to lie can come from a pattern of experiences that relates to certain mental disorders and how those experiences have commonalities within family members who have the same disorder. But the nurturing of lying as a behavior is fundamentally the reason for lying being a common tool for an individual, albeit directly from a family member or a sequence of indirect experiences, lying has nothing to offer humans in terms of evolutionary progress when it comes to genetics, simply no design for this, only the potential.
by MOB on February 15th, 2010
everybody lies
by jTads on February 16th, 2010
I read something about two years ago that said men are more likely to lie but that it is mostly due to the fact that they are taught to say "polite" things that they consider a lie. Where a woman is more likely to think of this as being an insignificant means of strengthening a bond between two people to a man, who is naturally less social this is no different than lying about the six bodies he secretly buried in the back yard. Since men tend to see all falsegoods as lies they think women lie more. Women tend to overlook socially acceptable lies like "It's good to see you" so they tend to think men lie more.
Somehow this doesn't seem true to me, but it is something to think about.
by sloroller on February 17th, 2010
I believe we all have the ability to lie within us. It's the environment you're raised in that determines whether or not it becomes part of your nature.
by xb7g on February 13th, 2010
There isn't biological evidence of such a theory.
by Libertarian_Fella on January 31st, 2010
Some women are magnetically attracted to sociopaths. That's the basic problem.
by ladyshakespeare on January 8th, 2010
not genetically, this is behavior that is learned from father to son. If the son is separated from the father at birth, the son will not learn to emulate the fathers behavior.
by ladyshakespeare on January 8th, 2010
not genetically, this is behavior that is learned from father to son. If the son is separated from the father at birth, the son will not learn to emulate the fathers behavior.
by Moongrim on January 15th, 2010
Yes, along with the one on the X-chromosome.
by ladyshakespeare on January 8th, 2010
not genetically, this is behavior that is learned from father to son. If the son is separated from the father at birth, the son will not learn to emulate the fathers behavior.
Why are women mroe afraid to cheat on their boyfreinds/husbands than men are to cheat on their girlfriends/wives?
by Anonymous on December 14th, 2011
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Shouldn't women quit bragging about "women live longer then men"
by RCLAY on November 1st, 2011
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Guys would you laugh at a woman who is way too into herself?
by RCLAY on November 10th, 2011
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Are men technically second class citizens?
by Louie_Ranking on November 16th, 2011
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Shouldn't men quit sounding like down and out loser when they say they are intimidated by women
by RCLAY on October 31st, 2011
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I've read that there have been studies done that prove that men lie more than women. If this is true....then do men have more mental disorders than women?
by laaayla on February 16th, 2010
not at all, at least I wouldn't assume so, cant see how sex has anything to do with mental disorders other than histories where you see only the men or women in the family are affected. My answer wasn't to suggest that mental disorders and lying go hand in hand, because that's just not the case. I was considering a scenario that might occur within a family where behavior could have a similar cause, 'a mental disorder' being a suggestion of how you might consider genetics in this idea. But thinking about it that must be so rare and certainly uncountable when you consider the influence of nurture which I believe features as the main cause. A mental disorder would link the two family members, that with the same disorder they were treated in a similar negative way by society, they might have similar behavior. But this is a very tenuous attempt to answer your question. I dont believe in the 'lying gene' nor do I believe that you can inherit personality traits from family through genetics. We are subject to are teachers through life, that the examples we live our lives by are good ones.
by Hemmersfield on February 17th, 2010