I had an epiphany. I had a male cat which was neutered. Yet, he had low risk aversion. He would jump into the street gutter and go somewhere. One time he disappeared for 24 hours. I had a female cat which just stayed in the yard. This is evidence that males are already hardwired for low risk aversion before birth.
Male cats are also more inclined to wandering due to feline mating habits. The males typically get kicked out of their birth family upon reaching maturity to prevent incest, whereas the females lead and organize the clan. So the males need to wander till they find a family to join as adults.
The exact mechanisms of how this works aren’t really relevant to a discussion about humans since we don’t really operate the same way, at least not universally.
I had an epiphany. I had a male cat which was neutered. Yet, he had low risk aversion. He would jump into the street gutter and go somewhere. One time he disappeared for 24 hours. I had a female cat which just stayed in the yard. This is evidence that males are already hardwired for low risk aversion before birth.
Male cats are also more inclined to wandering due to feline mating habits. The males typically get kicked out of their birth family upon reaching maturity to prevent incest, whereas the females lead and organize the clan. So the males need to wander till they find a family to join as adults.
The exact mechanisms of how this works aren’t really relevant to a discussion about humans since we don’t really operate the same way, at least not universally.