Introducing Game Theory: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides)

by Ivan Pastine

While the Battle of Sexes Game does not give conditions under which societies evolve into patriarchy (a society structured around male advantage), it does give an insight into a potential benefit of gender-based dominance. This may be one of the reasons why it is so difficult to move society to a fairer system.

The extent to which such an approach has been taken in reality is unclear. However, as pointed out in Dr. Strangelove, a Doomsday Device is only useful as a deterrent if the potential attacker knows of its existence. As soon as it needs to be used, it has already failed its purpose. Hence, there is no reason to keep the existence of such a device secret and every reason to publicize it. Therefore, we can be pretty sure that this is not yet an approach the major superpowers have taken.