Scary snowman in Harvard Sq. terrifies the locals. Brilliant stuff.

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14. The tendency is there, even among us Northerns.

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The tendency has been noticed more by others in men from the Rural South then in other "Western" Nations. The Fight or Flee mechanism is hard wired into all of us (of both sexes), but the society we are raised in will to a degree, determine which option people will pick. That is all the studies show, and those studies also tend to show it is more a lower or working class action to an attack, as opposed to a Upper Middle class or higher tendency.

The studies also show the tendency to attack increase as the security one has in his or her life declines, i.e. much of what was Historically the Rural South went into a great depression in the 1880s and did not come out of it till after WWII and that may explain part of the tendency to violence.

On the other hand NO ONE COMMENTED ON MY OBSERVATION OF THE WOMAN WHO RAN INTO THE STREET. In many ways that was almost worse, for it IS common among ALL people. I did not go into it much, for it was obvious how bad it was. This is bad given WHERE it is being done.

AS to Dogs, most dogs will RUN if they can, they attack when they are on a lead and can NOT run. Dogs know when they are on a lead, and act differently when they are. It is called "Lead Aggression". It only occurs when the option of retreat is viewed by the DOG as not existing.

http://www.suzanneclothier.com/the-articles/handling-lead-aggression
http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/dog-behavior/dogs-who-are-reactive-leash
http://milosdogtraining.com/2013/05/20/lead-aggression/