For example, women who cut into line receive less hassle than men. Men kill and are killed four or five times more frequently than women. Boys, but not girls, are encouraged to be physically aggressive. As culturally prescribed sex roles fade in our culture, however, the gender differences in aggressiveness may decline. The crime rate for women is increasing much more rapidly than for men.
Women seem to have a different reaction than men to being aggressive.
Apparently, boys and men to expect acting aggressive to pay off, girls and women don't. Yet, college males are far more likely than females to get into a fight in the local bars. It is generally believed that anger is power. Thus, women are at a disadvantage because they are uncomfortable showing their anger. Indeed, their anger is more disapproved then men's anger.