Are you a risk-taker?

Do you take risks in your personal life? I made a personality test, and answered the questions "do you want to do sky-diving?" and "would you like to be a racing driver?". The answers should show if I'm a risk-taker or not. I've got a feeling the test was intended to be answered by men and not women. How many mothers do sky diving or car racing?

The other day I happened to check up what people die from in Sweden. Did you know that the main reason why men have shorter expected life than women is because they die from "external violence" before the age of 45? In my mind, taking stupid risks seems to be something that men do much more than women, and it's not such a good idea, especially not if you want to see your grand children.

What I also found was that people die from tumors earlier than they die from hart problems, so it seems smarter to avoid getting cancer (unless you're a very stressed and a middle aged man of course). If you're a woman you should definitely look out for tumors. Or rather stop smoking.

I'm happy my children don't go sky diving or car racing or smoking. If they wants to take risks they can invest on the stock market... The questionnaire didn't mention any such risks. It seems you should risk your life to be a risk-taker!