The fight-or-flight or the fight-flight-freeze-or-fawn[1] (also called hyperarousal or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 0 points 2 months ago

I've heard the female screech pretty much all over western societies. I hardly ever hear men do that. So I was just wondering.

As an autistic person, noises trigger me, and that's why I noticed females doing it more than males.

If it is conditioning, it's something particular to western society, I suppose.