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Changes in dominant behavior or in social status causes changes in testosterone levels. Reports of changes in testeosterone of young men during athletic events, which involove face-to-face competition with a clear winner and loser, reveal that testosterone rises shortly before their matches, as if in anticipation of competition. Also, one to two hours after the competitive match, the testosterone levels of the winners are high relative to those levels of the losers <ref>Booth,Alan and Allan Mazur.“Testosterone and dominance in men.”Behavioral and Brain Sciences.1998.</ref>. It is important to take into account the type of conflict that is occurring when accessing aggression. Is the conflict between groups, within a group, within a family? The sex of those involved in the conflict is also crticial. Male-male, male-female and female-female encounters should all be clearly distinguished from one another. Same sex encounters are more frequent than inter-sex encounters and this could affect the level of aggression present <ref>Bjorkqvist,Kaj.“Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: a review of recent research.”Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.1994 Feb.</ref>. |
Changes in dominant behavior or in social status causes changes in testosterone levels. Reports of changes in testeosterone of young men during athletic events, which involove face-to-face competition with a clear winner and loser, reveal that testosterone rises shortly before their matches, as if in anticipation of competition. Also, one to two hours after the competitive match, the testosterone levels of the winners are high relative to those levels of the losers <ref>Booth,Alan and Allan Mazur.“Testosterone and dominance in men.”Behavioral and Brain Sciences.1998.</ref>. It is important to take into account the type of conflict that is occurring when accessing aggression. Is the conflict between groups, within a group, within a family? The sex of those involved in the conflict is also crticial. Male-male, male-female and female-female encounters should all be clearly distinguished from one another. Same sex encounters are more frequent than inter-sex encounters and this could affect the level of aggression present <ref>Bjorkqvist,Kaj.“Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: a review of recent research.”Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.1994 Feb.</ref>. |
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If the definition of aggression is limited to physical strategies only, then it is true that males are more aggressive than females. Females are physically weaker than men so they need to develop other means to obtain successful results and defend themselves <ref>Bjorkqvist,Kaj.“Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: a review of recent research.”Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.1994 Feb. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2294/is_n3-4_v30/ai_15383471 </ref>. |
If the definition of aggression is limited to physical strategies only, then it is true that males are more aggressive than females. Females are physically weaker than men so they need to develop other means to obtain successful results and defend themselves <ref>Bjorkqvist,Kaj.“Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: a review of recent research.”Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.1994 Feb. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2294/is_n3-4_v30/ai_15383471 </ref>. |
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Females of different cultures have a lot of aggressive means in which they get even with their husbands (eg. Locking them out of the house) which could all be seen as forms of non-physical aggression. On Bellona Island, a culture that is based on male dominance and physical violence, women tend to get into conflicts with other women more frequently than with men. When they do get in conflicts with their husbands they rarely use physical means. Instead, the make up songs that mock their husband’s which spread across the island, humiliating their husband. If a woman wanted to kill a man, she would either convince her relatives to kill him or hire an assassin. These are both forms of indirect aggression since the aggressor (female) is trying to hurt the man without putting herself in direct danger <ref>Bjorkqvist,Kaj.“Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: a review of recent research.”Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.1994 Feb. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2294/is_n3-4_v30/ai_15383471 </ref>. |
Females of different cultures have a lot of aggressive means in which they get even with their husbands (eg. Locking them out of the house) which could all be seen as forms of non-physical aggression. On Bellona Island, a culture that is based on male dominance and physical violence, women tend to get into conflicts with other women more frequently than with men. When they do get in conflicts with their husbands they rarely use physical means. Instead, the make up songs that mock their husband’s which spread across the island, humiliating their husband. If a woman wanted to kill a man, she would either convince her relatives to kill him or hire an assassin. These are both forms of indirect aggression since the aggressor (female) is trying to hurt the man without putting herself in direct danger <ref>Bjorkqvist,Kaj.“Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: a review of recent research.”Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.1994 Feb. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2294/is_n3-4_v30/ai_15383471 </ref>. |
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Changes in dominant behavior or in social status causes changes in testosterone levels. Reports of changes in testeosterone of young men during athletic events, which involove face-to-face competition with a clear winner and loser, reveal that testosterone rises shortly before their matches, as if in anticipation of competition. Also, one to two hours after the competitive match, the testosterone levels of the winners are high relative to those levels of the losers [1]. It is important to take into account the type of conflict that is occurring when accessing aggression. Is the conflict between groups, within a group, within a family? The sex of those involved in the conflict is also crticial. Male-male, male-female and female-female encounters should all be clearly distinguished from one another. Same sex encounters are more frequent than inter-sex encounters and this could affect the level of aggression present [2].
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If the definition of aggression is limited to physical strategies only, then it is true that males are more aggressive than females. Females are physically weaker than men so they need to develop other means to obtain successful results and defend themselves [3]. Females of different cultures have a lot of aggressive means in which they get even with their husbands (eg. Locking them out of the house) which could all be seen as forms of non-physical aggression. On Bellona Island, a culture that is based on male dominance and physical violence, women tend to get into conflicts with other women more frequently than with men. When they do get in conflicts with their husbands they rarely use physical means. Instead, the make up songs that mock their husband’s which spread across the island, humiliating their husband. If a woman wanted to kill a man, she would either convince her relatives to kill him or hire an assassin. These are both forms of indirect aggression since the aggressor (female) is trying to hurt the man without putting herself in direct danger [4].
==References==
- ^ Booth,Alan and Allan Mazur.“Testosterone and dominance in men.”Behavioral and Brain Sciences.1998.
- ^ Bjorkqvist,Kaj.“Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: a review of recent research.”Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.1994 Feb.
- ^ Bjorkqvist,Kaj.“Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: a review of recent research.”Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.1994 Feb. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2294/is_n3-4_v30/ai_15383471
- ^ Bjorkqvist,Kaj.“Sex differences in physical, verbal, and indirect aggression: a review of recent research.”Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.1994 Feb. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2294/is_n3-4_v30/ai_15383471