Editing Aggression (section)

==== In intimate relationships ====
Some studies suggest that romantic involvement in adolescence decreases aggression in males and females, but decreases at a higher rate in females. Females will seem more desirable to their mate if they fit in with society and females that are aggressive do not usually fit well in society. They can often be viewed as antisocial. Female aggression is not considered the norm in society and going against the norm can sometimes prevent one from getting a mate.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/ab.20404 |pmid=21748751 |pmc=4332584 |title=Developmental trajectories of aggression from late childhood through adolescence: Similarities and differences across gender |journal=Aggressive Behavior |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=387–404 |year=2011 |last1=Xie |first1=Hongling |last2=Drabick |first2=Deborah A.G. |last3=Chen |first3=Diane }}</ref> However, studies have shown that an increasing number of women are getting arrested on [[domestic violence]] charges. In many states, women now account for a quarter to a third of all domestic violence arrests, up from less than 10 percent a decade ago.

The new statistics reflect a reality documented in research: women are perpetrators as well as victims of family violence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Young|first=Cathy|title=Feminists Play the Victim Game|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/26/opinion/feminists-play-the-victim-game.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=6 December 2012|date=26 November 1999}}</ref> However, another equally possible explanation is a case of improved diagnostics: it has become more acceptable for men to report female domestic violence to the authorities while at the same time actual female domestic violence has not increased at all.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What To Do If Your Partner Has A Steamroller Personality|url=https://newvisionpsychology.com.au/couples-counselling-sydney/partner-has-steamroller-personality/|url-status=live|access-date=|website=|language=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907064134/https://newvisionpsychology.com.au/couples-counselling-sydney/partner-has-steamroller-personality/ |archive-date=7 September 2021 }}</ref> This could be the case in a situation where men had become less ashamed of reporting [[Domestic violence against men|female violence against them]]⁠{{nowrap|{{px2}}{{mdash}}{{px2}}}}such a situation could conceivably lead to an increasing number of women being arrested despite the actual number of violent women remaining the same.

In addition, males in competitive sports are often advised by their coaches not to be in intimate relationships based on the premises that they become more docile and less aggressive during an athletic event. The circumstances in which males and females experience aggression are also different. A study showed that social anxiety and stress was positively correlated with aggression in males, meaning as stress and social anxiety increases so does aggression. Furthermore, a male with higher social skills has a lower rate of aggressive behavior than a male with lower social skills. In females, higher rates of aggression were only correlated with higher rates of stress. Other than biological factors that contribute to aggression there are physical factors as well.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Al-Ali |first1=Majed. M. |last2=Singh |first2=Ajai Pratap |last3=Smekal |first3=Vladimir |title=Social anxiety in relation to social skills, aggression, and stress among male and female commercial institute students |journal=Education |year=2011 |volume=132 |issue=2 |pages=351–61 |url=https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-278759334/social-anxiety-in-relation-to-social-skills-aggression }}</ref>