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In reply to the discussion: Why is it always young men? Is testosterone poisoning a problem? [View all]earthside
(6,960 posts)... women are taught/trained to internalize or be destructive towards those within their social/family circle (not that men don't often do that, too).
But boys/men have to be taught/trained by the dominate, elite culture to take-out their emotions/ambitions on others --- that is why men want are still the ones to go to war and kill and maim 'others'.
I mean, really ... think of the popularity of MMA and violent video games ... I'm just saying that as much as we still tend as a society to 'sexualize' women, we just as much force violence and aggression on boys and men.
I also think that we see a rise in this kind of destructive behavior in both sexes since the 1980s because of economic stresses and because the popular culture caters to the basest urges, hence the 'infantalization' of adults especially the 40 years old and younger group.
There are 'big picture' societal problems we are uncomfortable dealing with -- and they may have some effect on nuts like this Holmes character, but, of course, he is a tragically deranged individual that in some bizarre way made his own insane choices and that is not society's fault.