In other words, there were fewer crimes in counties predominantly male. In the counties where the men outnumbered the women, there were lower rates of murders and assaults as well as fewer sex-related crimes, including rapes, sex offenses and prostitution. In the study, published in Human Nature, researchers came to this conclusion by analyzing sex ratio data from the US Census Bureau for all 3,082 US counties in 2010, and contrasting it with crime data from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, which lists women and men 15 to 45 years old from the same year. This gives women more "bargaining power over what they expect from a relationship,” according to Schacht.
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When women are rare, men see them as a valued resource. Here, men alter their behavior to comply with "supply and demand" conditions. Rather, they shift their attention toward being more dutiful to win and keep a partner. However, when men outnumber women, they're more likely to commit fewer crimes and infidelities. “This brings men into conflict with each other in response to their more uncommitted, promiscuous mating orientation," Ryan Schacht, author of the study, of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City told New Scientist.
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An abundance of women means men become less preoccupied with choice, and adopt promiscuous behaviors that inevitably bring conflict and crime.
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Men become less focused or committed to single partners, and show interest in pursuing multiple relationships when there's a surplus of women, which increases aggression. Researchers at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City found when there's an abundance of women, men are more likely to be sexually promiscuous and violent. The mere presence of, or thinking about, women can cause men to behave differently in unexpected ways. Most men begin to straighten their posture, adjust their clothes, and even clear their throats in front of attractive women.