Aggression can be defined in many ways. There are more than 250 different definitions of aggression found in psychological literature, but two general features of aggression are broadly accepted: (a) aggressive behavior must be perceived negatively by the victim and (b) aggressive behavior must be intentional, where the aggressor is described

4. Become accustomed to violence. In many ways, we become desensitized when we are around violence often.

1. Emphasize the goodness of our cause by believing that we are stopping an evil force of some sort through our aggressive behavior.

3. Blame the victim. In situations of rape, for example, we may say, “She was asking for it because she was dressed like that.”

Men and women apparently feel angry about the same type of things and even to the same degree, but men are more aggressive than women. This difference begins at approximately age two. Aggressive traits in children can be traced to family stress and the use of hostile communication in the home. Boys and girls are treated differently by both parents as they are growing up. For example, parents tend to discipline boys more harshly than girls. Parents also play with boys in a more aggressive manner. Boys are taught to wrestle with their fathers while girls are taught to play “house” with their dolls. For at least two reasons, boys are more likely than girls to become involved in family interactions that promote aggressive behavior. First, parents more often use commands and physical punishment with sons, which encourages them to adopt the same tactics (Lytton & Romney, 1991). Second, parents are less likely to interpret fighting among boys as aggressive, so they may overlook it more than they do with girls (Condry & Ross, 1985). By middle childhood, boys expect less parental disapproval and report feeling less guilty over aggression than do girls (Perry, Perry, & Weiss, 1989).

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