Nisan comments on LW Women Submissions: On Misogyny - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Pentashagon 11 April 2013 01:32:01AM 13 points [-]

The intersection between the set of sociopaths and the set of university professors is not necessarily empty. However, claiming that this behavior is normal among males is outright sexist defamation. It's like, after sharing a story of being robbed by a black person you said: "You might think my robber was an antisocial person, but no -- they are a normal black person"

Over 20% of women in the U.S. experience domestic violence. The incidence of sociopathy is at or below 5% so it's more likely that an abusive male in a relationship is not a sociopath. In India it actually is the "normal male" who is abusive, with the domestic violence rate against women at 50%, although I didn't see any analysis of whether it is a flat 50% of head-of-household males engaged in violence or a higher level of violence perpetrated by a few male family members in extended families.

Comment author: Nisan 11 April 2013 07:43:51AM 7 points [-]

This isn't directly related, but according to one study, at least 5% of male college students are rapists, with an average of 5 attempted rapes each. And it's plausible that the study detects most rapists. This doesn't necessarily mean that most rapists are sociopaths, though.

Comment author: V_V 11 April 2013 03:06:12PM 2 points [-]

The study also shows that most of the recidive rapists also commit other forms of abuse, which is consistent with a sociopathic personality.