In support of the rage of man

[bennyboy]

But the idea of a patriarchy of asshole men victimizing poor, helpless, innocent women is a crock of shit.  We're all in this together, and let's not pretend that isn't the case.  You don't think that many powerful men have been driven by equally powerful and conniving wives?

Says a man who started a thread advocating that male rage should be considered socially acceptable.

It's not really about being acceptable.  It's about being understood as part of human nature.  In the very complex social relationships we have, male rage is part of that dynamic, as it's part of the definition of our species.

I mean. . . you can pretend that it's just a few dysfunctional assholes.  But I don't think that idea represents the reality of the species, as are all our hormonal and instinctive behaviors.

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If someone goes off on fits of rage, I see that as a defect - as someone who is a victim of their own emotions - and to hell with it being "natural".

I'm not justifying rage, quite-- even in my own examples, I would prefer not to have had that experience, or taken those actions. But I acknowledge that those instincts are in-built in me.

I'd suggest that it's very easy for people who might not have certain instincts, or have them in the same degree, to sit in judgment on those who do.