Are women to blame for male violence?

[Devil'sAdvocate]

According to biology, most violence which exists between male members of a species is motivated by the female members of the species either directly or indirectly, as competition and violence between males is done to prove their 'fitness' in mating.

If so, then this indirectly means that women are responsible for most or all of the violence committed by males, as were there no biological impetus to mate with females, there would be no motive for violence.
Likewise, this notion is immortalized in myths, such as that of Helen of Troy, in which the real motivation behind the warfare was a woman.

(Though of course, one could also argue that were it not for a desire to mate with males, female cattiness and competition wouldn't have a reason to exist either - so were it not for sex and the need to reproduce itself, maybe there would not be sexual violence - which is perhaps why some puritans and ascetics viewed the sex drive as something which should be repressed or denied altogether).

[HawkTheSlayer]

Put a bunch of women together and there will soon be trouble for everyone.

[Devil'sAdvocate]

Put a bunch of women together and there will soon be trouble for everyone.

I'd agree, and my understanding is that most violence and aggression between the sexes is motivated by the biological drive to mate and 'compete' for the attention of the other.

So maybe if humans could reproduce asexually, there's be no violence...

[HawkTheSlayer]

I'd agree, and my understanding is that most violence and aggression between the sexes is motivated by the biological drive to mate and 'compete' for the attention of the other.

So maybe if humans could reproduce asexually, there's be no violence...

I prefer to old fashioned hetero method.
.... can't live without um, you know.

[HawkTheSlayer]

Women are fierce competitors for men themselves.

When I worked turnarounds/shutdowns in the refineries and chemical plants , I mostly worked 12 hour night shifts. Most firewatch/holewatch jobs went to women. Many of these ladies preferred the night shift because the drama between the girls during dayshift was over the top, usually revolving around staking a claim on a man or accusations of man-theft!

[Devil'sAdvocate]

Women are fierce competitors for men themselves.

When I worked turnarounds/shutdowns in the refineries and chemical plants , I mostly worked 12 hour night shifts. Most firewatch/holewatch jobs went to women. Many of these ladies preferred the night shift because the drama between the girls during dayshift was over the top, usually revoving around staking a claim on a man or accusations of man-theft!

True, women are actually the mate selectors, so they'll fight with each other over who "owns" the man, while men will fight to prove who's the "fittest" mate for a woman.

[HawkTheSlayer]

True, women are actually the mate selectors, so they'll fight with each other over who "owns" the man, while men will fight to prove who's the "fittest" mate for a woman.

I love a hard working lady in a hardhat.
Clothes optional....

[Crepitus]

According to biology, most violence which exists between male members of a species is motivated by the female members of the species either directly or indirectly, as competition and violence between males is done to prove their 'fitness' in mating.

If so, then this indirectly means that women are responsible for most or all of the violence committed by males, as were there no biological impetus to mate with females, there would be no motive for violence.
Likewise, this notion is immortalized in myths, such as that of Helen of Troy, in which the real motivation behind the warfare was a woman.

(Though of course, one could also argue that were it not for a desire to mate with males, female cattiness and competition wouldn't have a reason to exist either - so were it not for sex and the need to reproduce itself, maybe there would not be sexual violence - which is perhaps why some puritans and ascetics viewed the sex drive as something which should be repressed or denied altogether).

You really don't like women do you.

[Cthulhu]

You really don't like women do you.

They are a marvelous creature while simultaneously being monstrous.

Sent from my evil cell phone.

[Devil'sAdvocate]

You really don't like women do you.

Women and men are a construct and don't really exist to begin with.

But I don't tend to like women who wear a gimp suit and beg to be punished, like I assume you do...