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vincentML -> RE: Young Men and Mass Violence (4/28/2013 8:52:35 AM)
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ORIGINAL: thompsonx
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ORIGINAL: vincentML
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It'll be a while before we can rule out maleness as a source of violence, so no strict refutation here, just noting that the main tendency seems to be that males in the 18 to 24 age interval are prone to taking more risks than their female peers in that age group or male peers outside it. That's the primary behavior difference.
There has been a fair amount of research that shows that male brains do not fully mature till about age 25. Women's brains tend to mature by about age 20. Thus it should come as no suprise that men under 25 tend to do dumber shit than women of the same age. Please do not dignify this behaviour with the name risk taker...a risk taker considers the odds of success the impetuous child,if he is lucky enough to be vidioed while being stupid might find himself on the tv program "jackass" otherwise it will be a trip to the er of the morgue.
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Evolution leaves males with a greater talent to assess risk whereas females are more cautious. Agreed.
You can agree but I wont. Ask anyone who has survived an encounter with an armed woman if it is something he would voluntarily do again?
While I am speaking here in a military sense, I have meet john wayne bobbet and he did not sem too interested in having pizza and beer with lorena.
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However, isn't it possible that weak males were eliminated by the process of sexual selection because females chose the more aggressive males?
If that were true then after so many millions of years of boyz and girlz doing the bounce why is there are still the full spectrum of behaviour patterns in both men and women.
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It seems to be an ongoing trait in present times. Taller men with bigger packages are more preferred and successful in many endeavours.
How tall is tom cruz,humphry bogart,antonio bandares,newt gingrich,sylvester stallon??????
Aggression seems papable in the 14 to 30 age group. That is why I suggest aggression is the major factor. Socialization is a leveler. But, we certainly won't settle it here, now or next year. Thanks for the reply. [:)]
ciao
Almost all the shit you attribute to me in the above quote was from Aswad. Not me. Especially the notion of risk takers.
The last two items were mine. There is plenty of research to confirm that taller men are more successful in sex/love and in business.
tom cruz,humphry bogart,antonio bandares,sylvester stallon . . . .tricks of the camera. You forgot Alan Ladd who had to stand on a box in his movies. Gingrich? An anomaly.
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