Off the Bench :- Male Aggression

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Not sure that male aggression is confined to modern sport.

Throughout history men have been aggressive in nature, and evolution has ensured that those males with a more aggressive nature, have survived longer. This has been the case since the stone-age hunters and gatherers through to hand-to-hand warriors of all cultures, that held sway up until the invention of the aircraft.

It is only now that brains have replaced brawn as the main means to survival that the most effective warriors are the scientists designing gadgetry for the US military.

So the main effective outlet for physically tough and aggressive males is now through sport.

The article raises the comment of Richard Pringle that “He found that rugby helped promote beliefs that males should be tough, relatively unemotional, highly tolerant of pain, competitive and, at times aggressive.” I guess the rugby community’s (over) reaction to Nonu’s occasional wearing of make-up backs this up.

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