Running head: GENDER & AGGRESSION 1
Gender & Aggression
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GENDER & AGGRESSION 2
Gender & Aggression
Throughout time, as people and society developed, people have wondered and speculated
which gender was more aggressive than the other. Studies show that after examining the
differences in aggressive behavior, it was determined that generally both male and females were
equally aggressive (Bjorkqvist, n.d.). However, when it comes to men, studies show that they are
usually more physically aggressive than females for many reasons; one of which is that they feel
like when something or someone challenges their integrity or self-esteem, they need to react with
physical violence (Gender Differences and Aggression, n.d.).
Since the beginning of time, man has been categorized as the most dominant human sex.
Throughout the year’s men have been the ones that mostly fought in wars and mobilized
themselves into criminal gangs, and bands of thugs (Furtuna, 2014). According to evolutionary
