Gender 101: Females are less physically violent than males.
Funny…
When a guy drinks too much; he gets drunk. He uses his car (a tool) and plows down the road recklessly. Often he gets a ticket
When a gal drinks too much; he gets drunk. He uses his car (a tool) and plows down the road recklessly. Often she gets a ticket
When a guy takes an antibiotic, it attacks an infection in his body.
When a gal takes an antibiotic, it attack an infection in her body.
When a guy takes Aderall, the NRA would have you believe that it turns him into a homicidal maniac.
When a gal takes Aderall, the drug has no effect except to address her depression.
Shocking it only happens in the US….
I seriously doubt it only happens in the US. But we probably consumer more medications than anybody else around the world as well.
If you know what the word "inherently" means, that's what I meant when I said men are generally more violent than women. I seriously doubt you want to challenge me on that. All men? No. Are all women passive and not prone to violence? No. But again, generally speaking.
And drugs make you act ________________. Anti depressants work to cure your depression. Sedatives sedate you. Anti-inflammatory meds reduce swelling. It works the same way for men and women. Apparently somehow the SSRIs according to the medical experts at the NRA testify that they make kids homicidal maniacs while ignoring the fact that only one gender is affected by the drugs.
As for the US takes more drugs...so? Platoons of whacked out kids are not storming schools; it's individuals.
Some drugs work on people in different ways. Take pot for instance. When I smoked it, all I wanted to do was sit somewhere and be left alone. Maybe just close my eyes with headphones on listening to Black Sabbath records for a couple of hours. Other people that were smoking were throwing footballs around and playfully chasing each other.
Alcohol too works on different people in different ways. I know people who many times got violent when drinking. I've know people that got sentimental and sometimes cried. I was always the happy drunk. I would be goofing around with friends and very creative at making jokes.
I don't think drugs and alcohol make people that way, it's that it amplifies who they always were. So I don't think it's that far off of a theory to believe males get more violent on certain medications than females. The only reason? Not really.
I don't know how it is in other countries, but over here, we don't do a good job identifying and treating people who have mental problems. Years ago we used to commit people. You seldom hear of that term today because it seldom happens. Years ago if a family member, friend, or even a police officer found an individual they believed couldn't take care of themselves, they took that individual to court and allowed a judge to determine if that persons freedom should be limited. Many times they were institutionalized.
We have ways now to allow someone with mental problems to actually live a productive life, instead of just being squirreled away in an institution. The problem becomes that Americans can be rather lazy sometimes and try to opt for quick fixes. "Hey, there are meds for that now", and we airbrush out the part where you STILL have to monitor the drugs and their side effects (which can crop up out of nowhere, even if you've been taking the meds with no problems for a while), and you have to combine the drugs with WORK and EFFORT to help the patient deal with their lives. We always want a silver bullet that will take that part away for us.
I take psych meds for clinical depression and anxiety issues, and they're very effective, but I never lose sight of the fact that I'm monkeying around with the chemistry in my BRAIN. That's a big deal. I visit my doctor regularly to have her monitor my progress; I call her immediately if anything the least bit out-of-the-ordinary happens. My primary care physician, even though he is not the one who prescribes those meds, was chosen very specifically because he has experience with patients using those drugs, and knows how to assist in monitoring my progress. My family has gotten educated on what to expect and any danger signs to look for, and my husband periodically talks to my doctor about my condition, because he sees things that I can't.
What surprises me is that so many people are surprised by the idea that psych meds can affect men differently than women. How ignorant of biology we are, all the while priding ourselves on what a scientifically and technologically advanced and educated society we are, not to know how deeply, fundamentally different men and women actually are from each other.