[graemep]

My first thought was whether:

1. women react the same way 2. men's tears have the same effect

[wil421]

Babies produce a chemical in their heads that reduces aggressive behavior in males but does the opposite in females. It’s called HEX[1].

https://www.science.org/content/article/chemical-emitted-bab....

[formerly_proven]

Maybe but men don’t cry so your hypothesis is hard to validate.