Rodney Stark Men Quotations

It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men.

[Some men are shortsighted, so] going to prison or going to hell just doesn't matter to these men.

Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity. To the contrary, he destroyed its most attractive and dynamic aspects, turning a high-intensity, grassroots movement into an arrogant institution controlled by an elite who often managed to be both brutal and lax.

Every minister knows it's harder to get the guys to church than the women. We ought to be asking why this is.

High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency.