Go look on female-oriented forums like Mumsnet, you'll find similar levels of conflict as are found in male-dominated places, especially around contentious topics.

or Instagram, or Tumblr, or book writing forums, or true crime forums, or certain political forums. it takes a special kind of man to sit in his own bathwater and ruminate on the fact that there are no women there; it's because of the testosterone in the water, which means that women don't bathe, which is why they sink.

sometimes, this place. smh

> Is it sexist to say that women seek out conflict less than men?

Yes.

Is it true, or false, to observe one gender seeking out more or less conflict than the other?

It's your perspective and your perspective is not universal truth even if it may be shared with 90% of the world. That's the argument, I believe.

It does hold some weight really. Especially when you consider change over time. Perhaps, your observations have become obsolete, so to say.

I'm not saying I love this argument because it means the end of the argument but maybe that's just the lesson to be learned here.

Are you making a causal statement or one of correlation? Your original response doesn't make this crucial part clear. And, because of the way it's worded, it appears that you made a causal claim: `if gender then behavior`.

Do you believe men and women are blank slates?

> Is it sexist to say that women seek out conflict less than men?

Inherently? No. In practice, generally.

> Isn't it sexist, or just weird, to suggest that testosterone has no effect on mens' behavior?

It is erroneous to conflate the positive claim that "testosterone has no effect on mens' behavior" with not making the claim "women seek out conflict less than men", and that is particularly true in the context where "conflict" is specifically online debate.