Re: Paul Ehrlich: Human Natures


>
> And on the question of whether human beings are innately aggressive,
> Ehrlich points out that we are "at least as often peaceful and
resolve
> conflicts nonviolently. Maybe we should talk about us as being the
> 'conciliatory apes.'"
>

This is an antiquated remark at best. First of all, since the advent
of female scientists, we learned that both sexes do NOT respond to
stress in the same way.
Males react with mostly fight and flight
Females with mostly 'tend and befriend".
Though the healthiest person will safely use all 4 options of behavior.

The question Ehrlich should raise is this, are MALES inately aggresive.
yet that is simplistic too.

Are we not to be aggressive against harmful bacteria inside us?
Or does he just mean aggressive in the 'wrong' way. But what is that?

I suggest male aggressive behavior can be either good or bad.
Good - equal that behavior that (option 2 and 4 of my 4 options)
blocks out what is non nurturing from outside (#2) and
excretes out what is non nurturing from inside (#4)

What is harmful is those two behaviors that K. Horney suggests in her
book Inner Conflicts
a. Move against others (#2) and b. Moves away from others (#4).

if we go a further step and ask, why do some have positive aggressive
behavior, and others
not. I suggest that a pattern of food in waste out in early childhood
sets up
the basic patterns of behavior on a subconscious or unconscious level
that is almost
impossible to change as an adult. When there is repressed problems then
aggression
builds up - and becomes neurotic or psychotic behavior. When it is
released
safely and harmlessly on a regular basis, aggression does not build to
unhealthy
levels.
Further I have suggested a therapy that releases blocked aggression
slowly and
safely and resolves not only problems of these two options but all 4
major problems
associated with the 4 options of behavior.

Tom


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