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Originally Posted by Toy Santa
If women had better impulse control then it would apply to other compulsive behaviours too, which it doesn't, so it can't be as simple as that. I would argue that it again comes back to the difference in physical strength; predatory men attack overpower, or attempt to overpower, because they feel like there's a good chance they CAN physically dominate their target. As has been discussed in this thread, it's highly unlikely that the average woman could overpower the average man and therefore it follows that there would be fewer attempts to do so.
Obviously it's impossible to say for sure because it's all hypothetical... But, I very highly suspect that if there was some sort of global mutation over night that doubled the physical strength of every female, and halved the physical strength of every male, then you would see a dramatic shift in the statistics going forward.
You also seem to have a bit of a conflict going on regarding what you believe about the male and female brain Vicky. On the one hand you insist that there is no such thing as transgenderism because there's no such thing as the "mystical, magical male or female brain" and yet you seem to believe on the other hand that there ARE fundamental differences between male and female psychology that mean men have poorer impulse control and are more likely to act on violent or predatory urges... Which strongly suggests that there IS such a thing as a male and female brain, and therefore that a male or female brain COULD be in the wrong physical body.
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I don't believe in male and female brains(and science agrees with me). IF there is a biological reason why men attack more, then its likely to be down to testosterone. Nothing to do with the brain as such, but hormones.
There was a study of transgender people who were transitioning, and the transmen who had started testosterone got more violent overall (but nowhere near as violent as biological men...just more violent than females). Which says to me testosterone must have some part in it. On the other hand, the transwomen who were lowering their testosterone levels, maintained male pattern violence. Which says that socialization is more important in it all..so hormones play a part, but its mainly socialisation. is my conclusion
Also I only said women were better at impulse control for sake of argument. As I don't actually believe that its 50/50 at all. It was you that said that. I actually said it was 'for sake of argument' too.