Democrats Aren’t the Party of Science

Interesting read. Still don't like or trust her.

Sorry, don't agree. The social sciences are weird how the come up with their supporting or refuting data. Mainly because, it's social. And in this case, with a topic as broad as "are women as violent as men?", there's a great number of factors that could be used to support or refute any answer to that question. The article highlights a 2015 study, specifically murder rate by gender. Great. How many murder-for-hire conspiracies? How many charges of manslaughter? How many road rage incidents? Fights at bars? Domestic assaults? Assaults in general? Were they just taking into account convictions, charges, allegations, plea deals? What was the scope of the study, what were the exclusionary data sets?

Sorry, but to me, it barely even qualifies as science. More like statistical analysis.

Men are also taught violence from birth. They are socialized to be masculine. Testosterone fuels the fire. When they are married and have children the bonding hormone oxytocin seems to decrease the tendency toward violence. When women become athletes and are in male dominated careers or cultures, their testosterone levels increase. Women and men respond to threats to their family, friends with violence or aggression. Socialization within a society to values, norms and expectations is the leading factor in behavior. The article is just an attempt to disagree with HRC. We are creatures of our own cultures. Survival, mating success and many biophysical factors shape our behavior. We are animals with some ability to reason.