It's Official: Men Are Idiots Who Do Stupid Things, Says Study

Another man stole a ride home by hitching a shopping trolley to the back of a train, only to be dragged two miles to his death before the train was able to stop.

The researchers looked at 332 cases confirmed by the Darwin Awards Committee to be true incidents. For their analysis, they excluded 14 cases of deaths of adventurous couples, leaving them with 318 cases.

Of those, just 36 were women. The other 282 winners, or 88.7 per cent, were men, the researchers found.

The findings support the 'male idiot theory' that "men are idiots, and idiots do stupid things," researchers said.

The theory could also explain some of the gender gap previous studies have found in risk-seeking behaviours, emergency department visits and mortality, the researchers said.

Men are more likely than women to be admitted to an emergency department after accidental injuries or with a sport injury, and they are more likely to die in traffic accidents.

Men may be more likely to play riskier sports or have dangerous occupations, but they might also do more stupid things, the study said.

Researchers admitted that it is also possible that the makeup of Darwin Award winners is biased toward men because cases involving women may not get reported as often.

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