Originally Posted by NW Ponderer
The Risk Factor HuffPo

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Hillary Clinton’s choice of Tim Kaine as her running mate is being described as ``safe.’’ Safe is not exciting. But it offers a powerful contrast with Donald Trump.

Trump is high risk. ``A Trump presidency would be dangerous for the nation and the world,’’ the Washington Post declared in a scathing editorial. Risk is a longstanding issue in American politics. It explains one of its enduring features: the gender gap.

Women, on the average, are more risk-averse than men. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, fewer than 7 percent of prison inmates are women. Crime always entails risk, and women tend to be more cautious — and smarter — about risk-taking than men are.

Psychobabble. Poppycock. Gender is irrelevant. Obama picked Biden, a safe VP. It is a political strategy, just like Pence was a political strategy. Good or bad, it has nothing to do with gender. It has to do with perception.
As for women being more risk averse: unsubstantiated and anecdotal, at best.

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