Zero Sum Game In Relation To The Feminine Gender

Zero- sum game and non-zero are terms used to refer to situations where there are gains and losses. Non-zero sum game is where one decision gain or loss doesn't necessarily result in the others loss or gain. In this theory, the wins and loses, of all players do not add up to zero and everyone can win or lose. Commonly this is referred to as a “win-win situation” The common example given of this is the prisoner's dilemma, a situation where two people are committed a crime are being interrogated separately, they are given two choices that will create three outcomes. If prisoner 1 keeps his mouth shut and doesn't say anything but prisoner 2 tells everything, prisoner a will get the worst punishment while prisoner 2 walks free, and vice
versa. If both prisoners 1 and 2 confess both get punished but to a lesser degree. And lastly if both keep their mouths shut, the police don't have enough to convict either, and they both received a lesser punishment for other crimes. Another way of looking at the dilemma is the first prisoner chooses, unaware of the second prisoner's choice both unaware of each others choices. When the results are revealed, the results of each are affected according to the choices they chose. This is the opposite of zero-sum game, where one party win means another party lose. An example of such is competitive sports, such as basketball, or football. When one team wins, the other team automatically loses. Zero sum game is seen to be strictly competitive. Zero sum game, of a situation, is when the gains or loss is balanced by the losses or gains of the other participant. If the total gains are added up and the total losses are subtracted the end balance will always equal zero. A more in-depth example of this is, matching pennies game. If both choices match player 1 wins, if both choices differ, player 2 wins. This example shows that since the sum of each box always equates to zero

Heads
+1, -1
-1, +1
Tails
-1, +1
+1, -1

With Carol Gilligans work on moral development in mind, Non-zero sum game would relate to the feminine gender while zero sum game would better relate to the masculine gender.
The reason is women, take a care based perspective approach. This perspective sees not individual problems but sees the overall situation and the problem it causes between the parties involved. The goal is to not decide the conflict one way or another but to eliminate it entirely, in a way that doesn't hurt anyone. This is relative to non-zero sum same in the way that, one winning doesn't mean the other losses, nor does one losing mean the other one wins. Women tend to not engage in risk taking, normally taking positions that result in winning odds. Women tend to want something at the end of the day, small, instead taking a bigger risk and not receiving anything. Men, take a justice based perspective this perspective sees any dilemma as a conflict between the two arguing parties, in which only one can be right. The solution doesn't resolve the conflict but more so is a final verdict. Such as zero sum game, one side gets everything and the other gets nothing. Men are more ambitious and tend to take more risk to achieve more within a shorter duration of
time.