你有“男性回答綜合症”嗎？

身邊總有一些男性貌似上知天文下知地理，無論問他什麼都可以天南海北滔滔不絕。原來這種胡扯也是一種吸引異性的手段，叫作“男性回答綜合症”。

"Male Answer Syndrome" (MAS) is the tendency among men to give answers to questions whether they know anything about the subject or not, particularly when in the presence of women.

“男性回答綜合症”是指男性特有的對問題作出回答的傾向，不管他們是否瞭解所談之物。有女性在場的時候這一傾向尤爲明顯。

Psychologists tell us it's a form of "male display behavior" and is a subtle method of attracting females. "Men have the courage and inventiveness to try to explain the inexplicable." A man may even start to believe his own baloney. This might account, in part, for the disproportionate number of men over women actively successful in the arts.

心理學家告訴我們，這是男性表現欲的一種形式，一種吸引女性的狡猾手段。心理學家認爲，“男性有勇氣和創造力去試圖解釋難以理解的事物。”男人甚至會相信自己的胡扯。這也許可以從某種角度解釋爲什麼在藝術領域獲得成功的男性比例比女性大得多。