Actually , the first American mass murderer I've heard of was called Brenda Spencer.
Nevertheless, men are statistically much more violent in general, and much more likely to "go nuts" as well. It appears that there was evolutionary pressure for the XX-chromosome bearers to be selected for stable, safety-oriented behavior, and for us XY-ers to be selected in favor of risk-taking and "thinking outside of the box". After all, we are more expendable, biologically speaking: producing sperm is ridiculously easy, comparing to bearing a mammal offspring.
It appears that in most any distribution of human traits women are bunched closer to the middle of the bell curve, while men boast long tails, on both ends. For example, meta-analysis of intelligence scores (admittedly, "soft science", take everything with a lump of salt) reveals the same average IQ for both sexes, but significantly more geniuses and idiots among men.
Sample: http://www.subjectpool.com/ed_paper...nce451-456_Brother_sister_sex_differences.pdf
I selected that men are more violent. Generally speaking I think that about sums it up. It's in our nature/genetics/evolutionary biology to be.
One of my favorite TED Talks. This guy talks about a "high risk violence" gene being sex linked.
Jim Fallon: Exploring the mind of a killer | Video on TED.com
Because they're too busy in the kitchen to kill people.
Is it because males do not handle social rejection as well as females?
Are males just more violent than females?
Or other, an please explain;
Thanks!
I agree with this and would add that there is a societal component regarding the expression of feeling and emotion that comes in as well. Whereas women are (typically) more available to feelings of love and empathy, men are taught from the very earliest ages to shut up, stop crying, grow up, and be a man. Expressions of love and vulnerability are seen as weakness. Cry and you aren't just ridiculed, your very manhood is threatened by family by peers. So we learn that lesson but it comes with a hard price. Then throw elements of mental illness, rejection, social isolation, etc all into the mix and it becomes a potent cocktail.Maternal instinct. We women are life givers. Men are life takers. This is consistent with our instinctive roles; women are gatherers, men are hunters. This is true of almost all lifeforms which differentiate by female and male; gatherers and hunters.
Okpulot Taha - Choctaw Nation
Women tend to be far more civilized.
It's simply because the majority of the people in the US are white.Most mass murderers in the US are also white, is that due also to "nature/genetics/evolutionary biology"?
Mass murderers are considerably more likely to be white males than are killers in general. Sixty percent of mass murders are committed by whites, compared to 49 percent of all killings. Blacks account for 36 percent of mass killings, but 49 percent of all homicides. People of other races account for 4 percent of mass killings and 2 percent of all homicides.
Most mass murderers in the US are also white, is that due also to "nature/genetics/evolutionary biology"?
It's simply because the majority of the people in the US are white.
10News - Mass, multiple murders rates constant despite overall decline in homicides12172012 - News Story
Whites make up 78.1% of the population in the US but account for a mere 60% of mass murders. And blacks only account for 13.1% of the US population but a whopping 36% of mass murders.
Most mass murderers in the US are also white, is that due also to "nature/genetics/evolutionary biology"?
Is it because males do not handle social rejection as well as females?
Are males just more violent than females?
Or other, an please explain;
Thanks!