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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, at least some do. I know I'm ready to take the bullet instead of my students, and I'd do the same in other situations as well.

[–] dudinax 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

But thats a practical situation because of your job. Would you fantasize about doing it if you weren't a teacher?

Would you enjoy the fantasy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, I didn't think the meme meant one had to enjoy it. I definitely considered it long before I was a teacher. The sweet release of death would certainly be nice, and I try to live every day like it's my last. Saving others would be a great bonus, but it would still not be a fun scenario. So, while I definitely think about it, I would not call it fantasizing? But again, I think you are reading fantasy into the meme.

[–] dudinax 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For guys it's definitely a fantasy. We get a particular thrill imagining we might die for a good cause.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I definitely do get a thrill when thinking about dying for a good cause instead of some absolutely pointless death. Hell yeah. I just hesitate to call it a fantasy, because of the other parts of what would have to happen to the people around me to make that happen.

Maybe that's the difference: women think about how others will feel more so than themselves while men think mostly of the glory or release it will bring them. Reminds me of the difference in suicide methods based on gender. Women attempt it more but choose easy-to-clean-up methods that are not as efficacious. Men seem to rarely think about who is going to have to clean bits of their brain off the ceiling and walls after they shoot themselves in the head. Wonder if this difference also explains why almost every school shooter is male.

Edit: I am not trying to say this is genetically differently wired between the genders. I think it has more to do with how boys and girls are raised differently.