Originally Posted by
Frasbee
There was a study I watched on discovery that showed that male toddlers are more likely to react violently when separated from their mothers. It's instinct for them to attempt to overcome barriers through crying, walking, or hitting.
Girls on the other hand were more likely to sit and cry.
EDIT: Oh, and I wouldn't need to be physically violent, I'm a pro at emotional abuse.
Really? I was an incredibly violent toddler... and I cried very little...
Originally Posted by
ecojeanne
i remember both my brothers had anger with me (both adults at this stage), one brother grabbed me in a headlock and sqweezed as hard as he could before letting go at the last minute, i remember my other brother pushing me on the ground in serious anger and ready to pounce and threw a chair accross the room ready to go for me but i got away, i remember my younger brother smashed 'unbreakable' thick glass to get into where i had locked myself into and my dad too (different occasion and not coz he was angry at me), my uncle was ready to punch me before i made a run for it....these are normal people who never really managed to hurt me badly but could have if they hadn't stopped themselves....and yes i am extremely annoying but only in the verbal way, never violently
Sounds more like my childhood... My brother and I fought constantly physically... until we reached out teens... then the size difference and the fact that I'm a girl came into play. However, I rarely feel the need to be violent... in spite of a all the fighting and horseplay of my youth.
Originally Posted by
ecojeanne
but my point is that all the women in my life have never attempted to go for me no matter how annoying i've been????why?
Most women are raised up realizing they are rather small and fighting is pointless for them (true or not). Also, maybe they figured due to the great annoyance you were to them... it was best to just ignore you?
Originally Posted by
ecojeanne
so gut reaction for men is to fight even if it's a woman where as a woman’s gut reaction is to ignore and use later to ostracize, does it indicate intelligence if someone doesn’t use violence?
My gut reaction is to fight... but that gets pushed aside and I will try to ignore or reason with the person. It shows a measure of self-control if a person doesn't resort to violence...
"The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth that strength can only be developed by effort and practice, will, thus believing, at once begin to exert itself, and, adding effort to effort, patience to patience, and strength to strength, will never cease to develop, and will at last grow divinely strong."
- James Allen