Aggression, gender, and ethnicity

Research that considered separately the genders of the perpetrator and target of aggression found aggression and gender to be related in a number of ways. In several studies using multiple measures, men reported that they had behaved more aggressively than women, had been the target of more aggression from others, and had received more aggression from other males than from females. In other studies, respondents' evaluations of aggressive behavior and beliefs about whether others should behave aggressively were different depending on gender of the potential aggressor and target. Although these general tendencies were found for Anglos, African Americans, and Hispanics, ethnicity and other variables sometimes interacted with gender to influence aggression, These results are consistent with a view of aggressive behavior as influenced by individual, contextual, and cultural variables.