I mean technically all of human behavior is an automatic response of the nervous system. That doesn’t mean it’s not influenced by culture or personal experiences. What constitutes a threat is highly modified by your past experiences, and people can learn to behave differently in stressful environments. We don’t just completely turn off the brain when frightened, that’s nonsense.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

We kind of do but there's no sex correlation between the three responses. Except for mothers. They will go aggressive more often if their kids are involved. But that's not a guarantee or a norm, more like a statistical bump in the data.