A story printed in the Daily Mail yesterday almost had me in a fit of rage, which is ironic, because it was all about a rage epidemic taking over the "fairer sex" (their term, not mine). New statistics reveal that aggression and physical violence perpetrated by women is at all-time high in the UK. It seems that this trend is particularly newsworthy because rage is considered a masculine emotion, unfit for the ladies.
Unlike men, women traditionally have been expected to control emotions like anger. The new numbers suggest that they are no longer following such conventions. The Daily Mail guesses that both sexes now have "unspoken 'social permission' to lash out." Fistfights are no longer reserved for the boys!
While uncontrolled anger or physical violence is nothing for either sex to be proud of, does it bother you that women are expected to be ashamed of their anger since society often tolerates male rage?
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I think I read somewhere that violence against women in the UK is higher. (Don't quote me on that, I'm not sure where I got it from) All this violence is just all around bad
1Violence is wrong no matter who is doing it. Both males and females should be ashamed of inappropriate behavior resulting from anger.
Nobody should ever be ashamed for their feelings (anger, joy, sadness etc). Feelings are internal, involuntary reactions to an outside stimulus. It's the behaviors that we have control over and if our behaviors are inappropriate then we should work on fixing them.
2I agree with Kimpossible. Violence is not the answer (for either males or females). It's destructive, and it makes matters worse.
It's normal to feel anger. The key is to express it in constructive, non-destructive ways. There are other behavior choices besides being violent.
3I don't approve of angry violent tempers in anyone. When I let my emotions get the best of me I am embarrassed by my behavior not that fact that I am a woman.
4I don't like people who are violent when angry.
5Sure I might kick something or employ percussive maintenance on an object, but people who are violent towards others are scum.
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