Are there more men than women out there who are cruel?
By cruel, I mean someone who is willing to make someone else suffer, for no good reason.
I don't mean for this to be men-bashing. There are of course loads of kind and caring men around, as well as kind and caring women.
But looking at some of the relationship threads on here (where some men are so mean to their partners), and at the news (e.g. stats about women killed each year by their partners) and the history of humankind, if someone is cruel, it seems that they are often male.
Or is my perception skewed? I know that men are less likely to speak out about being abused by a woman. Throughout history, a cruel man is more likely to have power to exercise his cruelty than women, due to the fact that they more often in a position of power. Also, on Mumsnet, a woman who has been cruel to her partner is unlikely to broadcast it on the relationship board.