Do all guys have a violent streak? And if so, then why is that?

Answer 1

Although I hate to admit it, it is true. All guys do have this hidden in them. Some, comes out easily while others like myself, can control it and hardly never get angry. I personally do not get violent. We're descendants from monkeys. What does a monkey do when he gets PO'd? Grabs a stick and whacks the other monkey in the head. Few million years later, knives and guns have taken the place of sticks. We've come so far yet we can't control our primate anger. By the way, you ladies have it to. In some cases, worse.

Answer 2

Not all guys have a violent streak. We just have a tendency to be attracted to the same type of guys. If someone is violent towards you GET OUT before its too late.

Answer 3

I believe that because men do not have xx chromosomes, they are not configured to be as nurturing as women. As far back as the beginning of man, the man is the one that was stronger, more aggressive, "hunter" type. These attributes make men seem more violent.

Some women are more violent than the men they associate with, making them seem like the ones with the violent streak. Overall, i dont see that it is all men who have the violent streak. It just depents on whom you are comparing them to.

Answer 4

Guys do not have violent streaks! But we have an excessive tendency to be competitive and it is from this source that ladies get the impression that we are violent. It is a guy thing; we are competitive by default. We are egotistic and that quality is very delicate.

Answer 5

I wouldn't say *every* guy has a violent streak....some people are still born and raised in strict families, and/or taught from an early age on how to be a proper gentleman, but...

The thing is, male chemistry is more likely to *empower* men to be violent, especially when a culture or society (like the Mass Media culture in America, for example) gives them some not so subtle messages on the subject (like how, on TV, you can have people "fighting" to the point of hitting each other with improvised hand-to-hand weapons, making each other bleed...yes, I know professional wrestling is a "show" and fixed, but that doesn't negate the fact of its violence, even if the whoopass is a simulation. Compare this to the *outright Uproar* that broke out over Janet Jackson showing her naked breast at the Super Bowl....I mean, come on, are women *Not* supposed to have breasts?).

But I digress....even in the absence of TV and video games *giving* young men and boys clues that violence and anger are more widely approved and sanctioned by authority than anything intelligent or (god forbid) sexual, the fact remains that your *ordinary* man is going to have, on average, 10 to 20 *times* as much testosterone in his body, than a woman has in hers.

This is simply biology for you....all of a woman's testosterone comes from her pituitary gland, the master hormone center in the brain. It isn't a lot. Men, by comparison, have specialized gonads (testicles, prostrate gland) that crank out testosterone 24/7 and don't really have to do that much else...

And that hormonal difference empowers the man to be violent. It causes the body to put more effort into *growing* more upper-body bone mass and muscle, making it stronger, tougher and more fit for hunting (and fighting). It also alters brain chemistry enough that men just plain feel pain differently than most women. And this is just the obvious stuff, this doesn't count possible changes in mood, temperament, ability to concentrate and have impulse control....

Not that this excuses *any* man from being held responsible or to account for being violent or abusive, mind you. It never has. Men are as human as anyone, and are not just *animals* in need of training. There is a mind up there and that *mind* needs to be in charge regardless.

But to ignore the role hormones play in male behavior when the role of PMS in women is played up as a big factor in female violence is at once sexist, naive, foolish and risky.

Just saying. :) Let me see if I can find a link for you here....

Answer 6

No, all men don’t. Many do though; it’s in part due to testosterone in their systems. Another part of it is due to their upbringing. Young children will later in life emulate their role-models; usually their parents. If Bobby Jr. sees Bob frequently acting violent in a domestic setting, Bobby Jr. is statistically much more inclined to act violently himself later on in life, simply because that’s now he’s seen his role-models act.
Role-models aren’t necessarily someone you look to for guidance or as someone whose behavior you want to emulate, it’s someone who intentionally or unintentionally teaches you how to behave by example.
If you have a good role-model that never acts aggressive or violent in front of you, you aren’t likely to pick up those kinds of behaviors. Males in general do have a tendency towards aggression, simply because of afore mentioned testosterone levels and societal influences. But in spite of aggressive inclinations not all males have violent streaks.

Answer 7

All humans have the potential for violence. There was a time in human history where survival of the fittest meant he who was most violent survived. Not too different than it is now.

Answer 8

Not all guys are like that some guys.Grow up to be a scientist.
Or doctors.But some are voilent as you say. That is just the way the guys.Were made.

Answer 9

Sounds like you need to meet some new guys!

Answer 10

all i dated we violent smashing sh*t hitting me yelling i am just a a**hole magnet