Revenge - Gender Differences

Saw this news item: Revenge Sweet, When it Comes to Men

Basic summary: in the study of 16 women and 16 men, the men's pleasure centers showed activity when a cheater was given a mild shock, with no activity in empathy. By contrast, when a fair person was shocked, the men showed empathy activity. In both cases, the women's empathy was elicited, although not as much for the cheaters.

Interesting to see a study on the underlying physiology of an impulse for justice (or revenge, depending on how you look at it). Obviously, biology isn't destiny, but I'm interested to hear what people think about this study.