[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
I think the phenomenon is more socio-economic than anything and you are getting bigger and bigger women in the lower social classes (whether it is in the ghettos or trailer parks) and this size probably makes them feel more empowered. Combine that with the stunted emotional growth from a lack of positive adult role models and they act like little children when they get frustrated or angry rather than dealing with these feelings as a responsible adult. What do little kids do when they get mad? They pull hair, kick, spit and hit each other.
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I don’t know that it is socio-economic so much as the role modeling and learning. My sis and niece both have been pretty squarely planted in middle class. They did learn from early on though to hit out of anger.
I think that the rise in violence from women could have a lot to do with being raised in a single parent household, mainly by the mother, who has to serve all roles in the house- Bread winner, disciplinarian, care taker, etc. Men do not have the corner on bad coping skills, and women can pass their lack on to the next generation just as well as men have.
Combine that with a lack of masculine role modeling in the house, and you have some boys demonstrating classically feminine to androgynous characteristics and some girls displaying some classically male/androgynous characteristics.
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I didn’t mean to imply that it is strictly socio-economic, but that it tends to be. I think statistically speaking, the lower income classes tend to have a higher incidence of single-parent households and are typically more inclined to have violence in the home. There are always exceptions, of course.
DB
