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Science has looked at this question for years. The original answer testosterone - was believed to cause aggression and was blamed for many ills of the world.
Since we now know men and women both have the ability to be aggressive and to be victimized I believe it goes back to the way the child was raised to view the world combined with that persons innate personality.
There is also the truth that some people who are especially aggressive, sadistic or have a tendency for violence and some people who are excessively passive or masochistic undoubtedly fall off the scale of "normal" or average on the MMP1-2. No matter how they were raised, they are what they were born. The passives - victim is usually only a blip on the radar. It is people who lash out at random that have the staying power of Martin Bryant, Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrew Cunanan, Gary Gilmore, Kip Kinkel and Casey Anthony.
Lets say a child can be come into this word with 3 choices, (of course this is a completely simplified breakdown):
1) fight back become aggressive
2) go with the flow - flying low, or
3) fly under the radar completely - and go belly up when threatened.
a) A child raised to view the world as a harsh and uncaring place,
b) A child raised to view the world as a nurturing and kind place, or
c) A child raised to view the world as a challenge to be conquered.
If you take any one of the first three personality types and plug them into a home environment that is harsh, kind, or a challenge; you will end up with three very different outcomes when they go out into the world.
Another piece to the puzzle is that people have a tendency to go with what is comfortable, what they know. So if a boy or girl was raised by a dominate or even cold mother she/he may look for the same in a spouse or become the same as a spouse . A boy or girl raised by a cruel or uncaring father, may themselves repeat the cycle as adults. It is only when a man or woman realizes she/he deserves better or is better - that the cycles can be broken.
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