I don't believe that there are no differences between the sexes. I do believe people try to fall back on comfortable patterns to make sense of the world and so over-estimate those differences (or under-estimate the standard deviation about the mean for each sex).

Having said that, I'm shocked they found 316 cases of female wall-punching. I'm somewhat surprised they found one.

"Having said that, I'm shocked they found 316 cases of female wall-punching. I'm somewhat surprised they found one."
I'm thinking sometimes she goes into emergency room with cracked and bloody fingers and no one is going to admit she was hitting the bf. If it was a child or another woman she was hitting the damage would be obvious and they would press charges, but bf 'takes it like a man' so some gets called a wall.

It's telling that on one hand, feminists argue that there are no sex differences, but on the other hand use sex differences to justify almost anything that is advantageous to them.

"Women are just as good at firefighting and combat as men, but the law must always blame the man in domestic violence situations because he's stronger."

"Women should be judged for having as much sex as possible, but if they're both drunk or she regrets it the next day he's a rapist."

In other words, men and women are exactly the same, except for the fact that women never lie and men are always guilty.

My uneducated guess is that a good amount of those were drunkards who tried to pull a kung fu punch and failed.

The patriarchy is unfairly monopolizing wall punching! Men need to stop punching walls so that women are allowed to claim their rightful place alongside men in the emergency rooms. C'mon people, we can do this!

In reading the article, two questions come to mind:

First, I want to know why May is such a prolific month for wall-punching.

Second, why are people punching paper-towel holders?

"why are people punching paper-towel holders?"

Because it won't give me my effin paper towel, that's why! A good smack and it'll know better.

/sarc

I, too, was surprised at the number of women here. I think there may be something amiss with the stats. Overt female violence is not common in the body of research.

"Overt female violence is not common in the body of research."

The key words in the sentence are highlighted for your convenience.

"why are people punching paper-towel holders?"

Commonly found in bar bathrooms after several drinks and they look softer than the wall.

Commonly found in bar bathrooms after several drinks and they look softer than the wall. ~ Posted by: Joe j at December 31, 2015 5:01 PM

That makes sense. I had visions of people punching a household paper towel roll holder.

I've punched a wall. Broke a bone in my hand doing so. Didn't believe I was capable of such a thing until it happened. (Frustration from working on a simple car repair that *just* wouldn't come together)
But I've never punched a doughnut. I'm just sayin'.

Amy,

Women are responsible for 25% of incidents here (25.34%), that is exactly the break down I would have expected. Other than it being too close to the expected value I see no issue with the data.

Astra, 300+ female wall-punchers does not surprise me. At work, when I'm entering or leaving the men's room, I sometimes hear a lady in the women's room hammering away at the lever on the paper towel dispenser to wipe her hands dry. It seem they do this more vigorously than men seem to do.

Pent-up anger is not a uniquely male trait, alas.

The ratio of male-to-female wall punchers in the reported data was 3:1. Like Amy and Astra, I was surprised that the ratio was that low. If you'd asked me before I'd read the link, I'd have guessed more like 7:1 or 8:1.

I drive my car to work, but only because I can't always get my pirate started that early in the morning.

Pent-up anger is not a uniquely male trait, alas.

Yeah, as I said above, people are prone to generalizing. In my case, I get angry but am always over-alert to consequences, so I throw non-breakables and probably wouldn't strike a wall until I had run a stud-finder over it first.

Testosterone level plays a role too, though.

"Commonly found in bar bathrooms after several drinks and they look softer than the wall."

Those institutional ones that are supposed to cut a piece off a continuous role when you pull on it, I'm not surprised. We have those at work and they seldom work right; they are usually jammed or broken.

A 3:1 ratio happens when wall-kickers and -headbutters are selectively excluded.

Regarding towel dispensers, per se, for what this is worth:

While women may be more likely to wash their hands in public bathrooms than men, they may also be more likely to use air-blowers when available - or maybe even dry their hands on their pants rather than use paper unnecessarily. (I avoid paper towels when I can; my father once said: "Do you have any idea how much plastic is in each paper towel square?")

I think you've made some truly interesting points.Keep up the good work