(March 31, 2019 at 7:24 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote:

(March 31, 2019 at 7:03 am)bennyboy Wrote: Yep, works great for misbehaving children, and cures homosexuality with outstanding success. . .

No. It works reasonably well for mentally ill people. Neither misbehavior of children, nor homosexuality are illnesses.

Aggression is a trait, not an illness.

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(March 31, 2019 at 7:21 am)Mathilda Wrote: BRING DOWN THE PATRIARCHY AND SMASH THE SYSTEM!

Oooooh. . . so aggressive!

If someone behaves aggressively toward you, the simplest solution is to smash him in the skull eight or nine times with a largish chunk of reinforced concrete.  We MUST put a stop to aggression.  Clearly, swift and blinding violence is the best way to accomplish this.

Boru

(March 31, 2019 at 7:26 am)bennyboy Wrote: Aggression is a trait, not an illness.

No. It's a general description of behavior, which very well may be indicative of, or caused by an illness.

I don’t have time to fully jump in now, but I’ll be sharing my thoughts on women furthering the “oppressive male patriarchal structure” and societal effects and solutions.

(March 31, 2019 at 7:21 am)Mathilda Wrote: BRING DOWN THE PATRIARCHY AND SMASH THE SYSTEM!

Having my testicles fondled, rather than stomped, usually ends up to be the best solution for all involved.

(March 31, 2019 at 8:02 am)wyzas Wrote:

(March 31, 2019 at 7:21 am)Mathilda Wrote: BRING DOWN THE PATRIARCHY AND SMASH THE SYSTEM!

Having my testicles fondled, rather than stomped, usually ends up to be the best solution for all involved.

How about being gently ground beneath a pair of stilletos?

(March 31, 2019 at 7:33 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote:

(March 31, 2019 at 7:26 am)bennyboy Wrote: Aggression is a trait, not an illness.

No. It's a general description of behavior, which very well may be indicative of, or caused by an illness.

Is someone behaves aggressively often, then aggression is a trait of that person.

And no, unless you want to say that this society and all the others before it were ill, then male aggression isn't an illness. It's pretty obvious that it's a trait of the males of this species, or at least of the alpha males.

(March 31, 2019 at 8:09 am)Mathilda Wrote:

(March 31, 2019 at 8:02 am)wyzas Wrote: Having my testicles fondled, rather than stomped, usually ends up to be the best solution for all involved.

How about being gently ground beneath a pair of stilletos?

Gently and stilletos rarely appear in the same sentence. I'm suspect.

You have testicles - you' re evil.



Signed


The PC

(March 31, 2019 at 8:10 am)bennyboy Wrote: Is someone behaves aggressively often, then aggression is a trait of that person.

If someone sh*ts themselves often, then the smell of excrement is a trait of that person. That doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with them...

(March 31, 2019 at 8:10 am)bennyboy Wrote: And no, unless you want to say that this society and all the others before it were ill, then male aggression isn't an illness.  It's pretty obvious that it's a trait of the males of this species, or at least of the alpha males.

Or perhaps those you think of as "alpha males" were actually mentally ill people, who happened to find a socially accepted outlet for their disorders. Most psychopaths and narcissists think of themselves as "alphas". Many people with anti-social disorder probably do too.

As I mentioned in my first response to you - aggressive behavior can be explained, or "justified" by circumstances. But most of us don't live in small warring tribes, under constant threat of immediate death. Circumstances that cause a neuro-typical person to become enraged are relatively rare. You can act aggressively because you want to - or because you can't help it.

Also - "rage" and "aggression" are not synonyms. You can be an "aggressive" businessman, or a football player. There's no good use for rage anywhere. It's just a negative emotion, in the same way despair is. And if you saw someone who can't help but feel hopeless under circumstances where most people seem to be coping just fine - you wouldn't just say, that it's just their trait and it's "normal", even though there's an infinity of things one could despair over, and there have been miserable people all throughout the history of humankind.