Coldly instrumental violence needs no emotional distress to occur.

Evidence

Far from being the uncontrolled eruption of extreme animosity, physical violence is a routine component of social inequality that finds form within the constraints and opportunities presented by key intergroup institutions. For example, in gender relations, the institution of the family provides a private niche in which individual males may indulge in moments of physical violence to reassert their dominance with little fear of outside sanction, despite strongly stated societal norms that forbid violence against women and a general lack of antipathy toward women ( Jackman, 1999, 2001). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 678 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Far from being the uncontrolled eruption of extreme animosity, physical violence is a routine component of social inequality that finds form within the constraints and opportunities presented by key intergroup institutions. For example, in gender relations, the institution of the family provides a private niche in which individual males may indulge in moments of physical violence to reassert their dominance with little fear of outside sanction, despite strongly stated societal norms that forbid violence against women and a general lack of antipathy toward women ( Jackman, 1999, 2001). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 678 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Anguish is not paralysis but the necessary condition of responsible action. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a Humanism, 12; Sovereign violence operates without needing rational or ethical justification; The form of violence reflects institutional structure, not underlying hostility. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 655 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Physical violence is a routine structural tool of inequality, not uncontrolled animosity #corroborates (0.93) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 678
• Intergroup violence is routine institutional control, not uncontrolled hostility #corroborates (0.93) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 678
• Physical violence against subordinates is routine and institutionally shaped, not uncontrolled rage #corroborates (0.93)
• Structural factors alone can produce violence without prior animosity #corroborates (0.92)
• Alienation without meaning inevitably drives people toward violence. #complicates (0.75)