When Winning an Olympic Medal, South American Men Cry the Most, African Men the Least

From Ethan Mollick:

Ethan Mollick@emollick

Everyone cries more than Europeans & Africans when they win at the Olympics. This paper examines cross-cultural emotion when athletes win 🥇. No difference between rich & poorer countries but men do cry more in countries with more female labor equality. researchgate.net/publication/35…

5:44 PM · Nov 29, 2022

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I haven’t spent much time with West Africans since the 1980s, but my impression back then was that their cultures encouraged men to speak in deep voices and women to speak in high voices.

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Originally published in The Unz Review on December 15, 2022.