This find suggests that what made us human was the social switch
from aggressive male to attentive mate, says C. Owen Lovejoy, an anatomist at Kent State University.
When equality of the sexes became the epicenter of the sexual revolution, activists removed all of the conventions and arrangements that shielded females
from aggressive male behavior.
Not exact matches
African - Americans who had transitioned
from female to
male felt that, as men, they couldn't express frustration or annoyance at work without being sanctioned — they were seen as being
aggressive, even threatening.
Five years later, in The Language of the Goddess, she connected past to present: «We are still living under the sway of that
aggressive male invasion and only beginning to discover our alienation
from our authentic heritage» a gylanic [sexes equal], non-violent, earth - centered culture.»
Kitzinger shows that women (and surely their
male partners too) have been confused by images derived
from aggressive ways both of defecating and of reaching an orgasm.
As three hulking
male chimpanzees and a dozen females loll below him, the renowned primatologist rejects the idea that war stems
from «some sort of blind
aggressive drive.»
However, the
aggressive males also prevent females
from feeding and can injure them, which results in a group with lots of
aggressive males producing fewer offspring than groups with fewer
aggressive males.
A third paper, in press at Journal of Experimental Biology, reports the team's discovery that female market squid show a set of stripes that can be brightly activated and may function during mating to allow the female to mimic the appearance of the
male, thereby reducing the number of mating encounters and
aggressive contacts
from males.
The surprise finding was that, in most cases, the castrated, less
aggressive males retained their dominance over intact, nonterritorial
males, even after they had been separated
from each other for six weeks.
Furthermore, females
from the
aggressive strain were much more likely to bite and bit harder than
males.»
The
aggressive males are best at protecting their fry
from predators — but they also may strike more readily at lures in their territories, making them more vulnerable to being caught.
«We already know
from past researchers about the disconcerting tendency to harbor more negative attitudes about people with darker complexions (e.g., the darker a Black
male is, the more
aggressive he is perceived to be).
Nearly all of them reported sexist interactions — in fact, 87 percent received demeaning comments
from male colleagues, 84 percent were told they were too
aggressive, and 90 percent witnessed sexist or abusive behavior at industry events.
As the stereotype of masculinity in today's society dictates that men be
aggressive, self - reliant, and conservative emotionally,
males are discouraged
from opening up to one another
from a young age, and naturally this has a dire effect on how men deal with breakups.
In Volume 1 of this gorgeously illustrated gay historical drama, Dr. George Callahan searches for a Chinese woman
from his past, and soon finds himself unwittingly drawn to dim - witted
male prostitute Jun, whose own life is complicated by the unwanted attentions of an
aggressive bouncer named Roan Baxter.»
A
male cat has the tendency to wander
from home, spray urine and become
aggressive with other cats (and even humans) when he's on the prowl.
CURING AGGRESSION IN ADULT GERMAN SHEPHERD Not rated yet How can I keep my 4 yr old
male shepherd
from being so
aggressive toward other dogs?
Neutered
males are also less likely to run away
from home, mark their territory, or act
aggressive.
The more
aggressive behaviors
from the continued presence of hormones also apply to
male dogs when only a vasectomy is performed.
My female Labrador seems to have a
aggressive aid towards large
male dogs, we walked around the park meeting dogs (on the lead) all was fine little sniff, then when we sat down a large Rottweiler
male appeared behind us and my dog was barking and Brissling, the man with the large dog just stood there telling me my dog was
aggressive but normally she is soppy as anything and I ended up taking her away
from the situation as she was getting very distressed, maybe sensing my stress aswell.
Further, un-neutered
males and un-altered females may become
aggressive from time to time regardless.
This will also keep
male dogs
from becoming
aggressive in general.
One American stereotype that has never faltered
from its
aggressive, hypercompetitive, sexual brand is the
male athlete.
Girls raised in father - absent homes tend to go to extremes in their relationships with
males — being overly
aggressive and flirtatious, or very withdrawn.136 Both extremes seem to come
from a lack of comfort with men.