SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Talcott Parsons, Familicide, Bell Hooks
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Gender alone is a highly signiicant predictor of violent behaviour. All over the world, men consitute 98% of all persons arrested for rape: and vast majority of those arrested for murder, robbery, assault, family violence, and disorderly conduct. Male tendency to violence is related to men"s greater tendency toward risk-taking behaviours and rule-breaking in general. In popular media, there are tons of examples of violent expression of masculinity. He goes to certain extents to provide for his family (selling meth). Boys will be boys : the associaion with masculinity and risk-taking behaviours and rule- breaking. Gender and age are two predominant factors in violence/criminality. Violence is a way to prove one"s masculinity (ex. Biological evidence itself is unconvincing of violent behaviour. Ex. although testosterone is highly associated with aggressive behaviour; sill, it seems that the hormone does not cause the aggression but rather facilitates an aggressiveness that is already present. Violence causes increased testosterone levels, and hormonal increases enable violence.
