YOUNG MALES TAKE MORE VOLUNTARY RISKS THAN ANY OTHER SOCIAL GROUP

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Social Issues

 

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Cathy W

 

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November 6, 2012

 

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Finally I will use case studies from Morrongiello and Dawber (1999), Chan and Rigakos (2002) and Green (1997) in order to assess whether there are gender differences in levels of voluntary risk-taking. This will allow me to conclude that voluntary risk-taking is a gendered subject whereby females and males are more inclined to participate in different types of voluntary risk-taking; this is due to a number of factors such as early socialisation processes, peer group and media...
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Probably the most in-depth study into voluntary risk-taking has been completed by Lyng (1990). He describes a specific type of voluntary risk-taking, so much so he terms this type ?edgework'. This is a type of voluntary risk-taking which has a strong possibility of serious injury or death. He terms this idea, ?edgework' as it is the type of voluntary risk-taking that has a sense of being between zones, almost a sense of liminality of pushing oneself to the absolute limits which in turn instigates a sense of being on the edge between order and chaos...
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