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Oh, but despite all the biologistic determinism, it really is that easy: there is violence – and it needs to stop. It doesn't matter why is exists, and even if

• sheepleherd 11y ago
  nobody is excusing it at all. But you are dreaming if you think you are going to stop it cold turkey along with you stopping shoplifting, child abuse, elder abuse, car accidents, bank fraud, armed robbery, etc. Those things are also biologically determined, they simply don't involve the reproductive function directly which seems to make you ... more optimistic? more outraged? Actually, BTW, I have read (but not looked up myself) that if we count prison rape, men actually experience more sexual violence than women, so that part of the above formulation should perhaps be changed. And in terms of child abuse including to the point of murder, women perpetrate more of it than men do, so there is some value in looking at these issues from the point of view of "strong vs. weak + opportunity" biology rather than "gender". But you are correct, violence between humans is for the most part a very bad thing, and I too would like to see it reduced as quickly as possible regardless of the cause.
  • exolymph 11y ago
    The prison rape thing is a little more complicated than that, but thanks for bringing it up, since I wasn't aware. More context here for anyone who's interested: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/21/us-more-men-raped-than-women http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb... I do think evo-psych tells us a lot more about human nature than we sometimes want to admit.