I fought a lot...a whole lot in my life
I survived in hostile environments that necessitated it
I never hit a split tail in my life....but I have spanked kids
I grew up when most my pals had daddies who were vets of one of the WWIIcombat theatres and some....you could just tell.....had killed many men being there
None of them beat their wives and most were softer on the kids....all that blood and death sorta made them less hormone aggressive unless you asked for it...then it was like Peleliu again....but they had to feel threatened
Like Eugene Sledge from Mobile Alabama and fought his way through two years of Pacific island hopping....on the line for months at a time....arguably worst combat any US troop ever endured
Came home with THE STARE and never even bird hunted again.
So....I’m not sure environment does this....
Role models...expectations..... societal pressures.....God.....its the lack of all that......and how culture views women
“I grew up when most my pals had daddies who were vets of one of the WWIIcombat theatres and some....you could just tell.....had killed many men being there
None of them beat their wives and most were softer on the kids....all that blood and death sorta made them less hormone aggressive unless you asked for it...then it was like Peleliu again....but they had to feel threatened”
This rings true to me. My dad wasn’t combat infantry, he was artillery that supported the infantry, but he saw death and destruction up close on a regular basis for the whole war in Europe.
The dad of one of my good friends walked with a limp and a cane courtesy of the Pacific war. I was surrounded by WWII vets growing up and I don’t remember any of them being mean or even quick to anger.
I think a lot of LEOs have a “thing” about being an authority figure. Their personality tends to make them want to order people around, and they do NOT like to be defied. It really outrages them, for their decisions, orders, policies to be defied.
How can that not extend to how they treat their wives and children?