Male teens need to learn how to express anger without violence

fondueguy · 2011-04-03T12:32:44+00:00

Feminism 101: When male behaviour is good it's due to socialisation. When male behaviour is bad it's due to biology.

When female behaviour is good it's due to biology. When female behaviour is bad it's due to socialisation.

awkfoo · 2011-04-02T23:57:51+00:00

Hmm... spend a decade attacking all male role models, then act surprised when young males get violent.

fondueguy · 2011-04-02T20:21:42+00:00

Young females abuse more often than young males.

Ghstfce · 2011-04-02T22:14:24+00:00

Fuck this article, when I was younger my sister would just beat the shit out of me, if i even tried to defend myself its suddenly MY FAULT for 'play too rough'.

Then, she realizes she can cry and basically set me up easily. My own damn mother didn't believe me untill I was fucking ten.

2011-04-02T23:11:46+00:00

Correction: Women need to stop telling men how to express their anger.

gnovos · 2011-04-03T00:14:39+00:00

My experience of living with various women of all ages for nearly two decades is that women are far mor casually violent than men. Men can be violent, but they tend to use it as a last resort, instead using posturing to get their point across before it comes to blows. The women I've known have had no problem with being dangerously violent from the start (throwing, say, kitchen knives) and having serious difficulty internally calming themselves. Purely anecdotal, I admit, but I've met at least a dozen dangerously violent women and maybe only one or two such men.

kloo2yoo · 2011-04-02T22:22:27+00:00

so do female teens, but every time I tried to tell them that, they'd slap me.

bikemaul · 2011-04-02T23:15:01+00:00

Another way of phrasing this headline would be "teens need to grow up". Because that's basically what growing up entails; learning to control your impulses.

When I was a teenager I used to punch shit all the time. My temper broke loads of things, including my knuckles (protip: don't punch brick walls). I've since grown up and I have much better control of my emotions.

The author of this article needs to get bent and stop trying to make boys into girls.

TheR3dMenace · 2011-04-04T05:03:55+00:00

...or put a heavy bag in the basement.

pakmanishere · 2011-04-02T19:47:27+00:00

Quote from article

Teenage girls have tempers too, of course. But where girls will unleash a torrent of screamed words, guys are prone to reacting physically – a hole in the wall, a storm door knocked off its hinges by a too-violent exit, a remote control thrown across a room. In this regard, teenaged girls are definitely superior to teenaged guys.

Generally speaking, girls are more skilled at expressing their feelings verbally. Many guys do not have the same aptitude. They tend to process any strong feeling – anxiety, embarrassment, disappointment, being overwhelmed by their day – as anger, and often in some form of physical expression.

What is their problem? For one, guys are trained early – as part of the perceived gender roles in our culture – that the only way to express strong feelings is through physical aggression. Over time, this gets in the way of being able to negotiate problems. If they’re emotionally upset, they swiftly get to a point where all they want to do is hit something. There is nothing they can resort to between 0 and 60 – no intervening behaviour.

2011-04-03T15:29:49+00:00

"Double kill. Multi kill! Mega Kill! Ultra Kill!! M-M-M-M-MON- LUDICRO- HOLY- HOLY- HOLY- HOLY SH- HOLY SH- HOLY SH- HOLY SHIT shit shit..."

content sigh\

pakmanishere · 2011-04-02T20:07:04+00:00

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Slavigula · 2011-04-02T23:23:58+00:00

But that'd be unnatural...

GunOfSod · 2011-04-04T00:24:24+00:00

Unless they are required to go to war, then it's compulsory.

mean0dean0 · 2011-04-03T00:15:45+00:00

Wait a minute--aren't women something like 5 times more likely than men to try to commit suicide or engage in self-injurious behavior??? Expressing anger without violence indeed... FAIL

Title	Male teens need to learn how to express anger without violence
Author	pakmanishere
Upvotes	25
Comments	58
Date	April 2, 2011 7:45 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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