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In reply to the discussion: "Why Are Terrorists So Often Young Men?" [View all]Warpy
(111,467 posts)13. I know one thing I remember about puberty
was how angry I was all the time. I had just gotten good at being a kid when wham! my body started to do all these awful things to me like zits and periods and I didn't even have a testosterone surge to cope with.
I eventually got over it. I guess it's harder for a lot of young males.
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Frustrated you can't say "why are they muslim?" you can always say "why are they men?"
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2013
#6
Men do comit more crimes of all kinds. They are more violent than women. Why can't we talk about
applegrove
Apr 2013
#7
do we not discuss crimes because we are not the perpetrators? Perhaps we should ask criminals
bettyellen
Apr 2013
#30
we don't need an explanation, we need to see the issue being taken seriously.
bettyellen
Apr 2013
#86
Exactly! This is why ONLY gun crime victims & gun owners can legitimately discuss gun regulation n/t
TygrBright
Apr 2013
#52
Putting down the toilet seat lid, definitely. We need a Constitutional amendment on that. n/t
TygrBright
Apr 2013
#60
No- are you projecting a bit with this racist shit, Jeff? Horrible thing to say.
bettyellen
Apr 2013
#25
no, I'm asking where you got the stupid idea that ALL men had a problem with violence.
bettyellen
Apr 2013
#29
Well, did you check out the post about the young Arab who was ejected from Saudi Arabia ...
11 Bravo
Apr 2013
#79
I'm not sure you caught the odd threat of sterotyping women in the post I was responding to?
bettyellen
Apr 2013
#80
FOCUS ladies! This thread. This writer, Meredith Melnick, and my comments...
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Apr 2013
#83
I think you are the only one promoting these stupid sexist notions about "proving" things....
bettyellen
Apr 2013
#82
OK bitterellen. You can't help yourself. I'll know where to find you...
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Apr 2013
#85
I think for similar reasons young men might make good soldiers or true believers in any cause
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2013
#9
I'm 32, transgender, take female hormones, and still find myself very aggressive, hypervigilant,
MillennialDem
Apr 2013
#12
Have to admit, at my age my hands aren't as steady as they were once. I shouldn't be
dimbear
Apr 2013
#21
For similar reasons that most criminals, soldiers, athletes and accident victims are, I suspect.
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2013
#22
For the same reason, I'd gather, why the military like recruiting 18-year-olds . . .
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2013
#28
Yes and evolution made it so that more men would be born than females. Because
applegrove
Apr 2013
#64