Are men really more violent than women?

[Skeptic Ginger]

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So- is a girl who gets drunk and attacks someone once in her life more, or less, violent than a man who may wish to kill numerous people, yet in fact goes through life without even a brawl after primary school?

The issue isn't about individuals. Of course there are going to be individual women who are more violent than individual men. That should be rather obvious.

 

[tyr_13]

What is the point of gross generalizations based on gender anyway? Even if true, they are fairly useless.

 

[JoeyDonuts]

What is the point of gross generalizations based on gender anyway? Even if true, they are fairly useless.

Well, for one thing, they save on time and brainpower.

 

[Lonewulf]

Well, for one thing, they save on time and brainpower.

As said, a "no-brainer". Implying that you don't need your brain.

Sounds about right.

 

[gtc]

And then there is the case of Frank Cauldhame who was brought up to think he was a boy who had had his penis bitten off by a dog, but in fact was a girl given hormones by her father in a twisted experiment. Frank didn't turn out so well...

The doggie who scarfed up Frank's penis - did he and/or she subsequently become more aggressive?

No just a bit waspish.

I heard he ended up working in a factory.

 

[bpesta22]

Actually, when you aggregate data based on gross (but true) generalizations about individuals you get fairly amazing prediction accuracy for aggregate level outcomes.

 

[MikeMangum]

I wonder who is guilty of violence towards their children more
- Fathers
- Mothers

This includes physical, emotional and sexual abuse.

I like gumboot's post. Most men are stronger than most women, so they can succeed in getting what they want physically. Women must use other methods that leave no physical evidence behind.

There is a difference between fathers and males, and there is a difference between mothers and females. Mothers commit significantly more violence towards their own children than fathers do.

From www *dot* acf *dot* hhs *dot* gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm06/figure4_2.htm

Figure 4-2 Perpetrator Relationships of Child Fatalities, 2006

Mother: 27.4%
Mother and Father: 22.4%
Nonparental Perpetrator: 14.6%
Father: 13.1%
Mother and Other: 11.5%
Unknown or Missing: 9.5%
Father and Other: 1.5%

Mothers were involved in 61.3% of fatal child abuse. Fathers were involved in 37% of fatal child abuse.

Child maltreatment, not sure if this includes fatal abuse.

From www *dot* acf *dot* hhs *dot* gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm06/figure3_5.htm

Victims by Perpetrator Relationship, 2006

Mother Only: 39.9%
Mother and Father: 17.8%
Father Only: 17.6%
Nonparental Perpetrators: 10.0%
Unknown or Missing: 7.6%
Mother and Other: 6.1%
Father and Other: 1%

Mothers were involved in 63.8% of child abuse. Fathers were involved in 36.4% of child abuse.

I can't find the link at the moment, but I saw an even better breakdown of sexual and non sexual child abuse by relationship to the child that included the sex of domestic partners of divorced/single parents. I'll have to dig it up. If I remember correctly, the most likely person to commit sexual abuse of a child was the mother's boyfriend/husband who is not the child's father. The person most likely to commit non sexual abuse of a child is the child's mother. The person least likely to engage in non sexual abuse of the child was the child's father. The person least likely to engage in sexual abuse of a child was the father's girlfriend/wife who is not the child's mother.

As far as the question of whether women are as violent as men in general: I don't think so, based on all of the things I've read. My understanding is that the vast majority of violence committed by women is against family members, domestic partners, and children of domestic partners, whereas the majority of male violence is directed against strangers and aquaintances. My understanding is that on the whole, males commit more violence in total by a significant margin.