Violence and Sexuality: A Contribution to the Discussion on the Phenomenology and Origin of Elements of Sexuality in Aggressive Behaviour

Abstract

This paper renews discussion on the roots of aggressivity and violence with special attention to elements of sexuality as revealed in such phenomena. The relationship between aggressive and sexual behaviours is well–known, its occurrence widespread, and it is manifested at various levels: rape, sadism, exhibitionism, use of sexually explicit profanities, to name a few. The authors’ reflections are focused upon the phenomenon of verbal violence in its linguistic and socio–cultural aspects, as well as the broader dilemmas of the testosterone underpinnings of aggressivity, the interrelation between violence and natural intersexual relations, et cetera.