Editing Gender (section)

=== General strain theory ===
According to [[general strain theory]], studies suggest that gender differences between individuals can lead to externalized anger that may result in violent outbursts.<ref name="Agnew, Robert 2012">{{Cite journal|year=2012|title=Reflection on "A Revised Strain Theory of Delinquency" |s2cid-access=free |journal=Social Forces|volume=91|pages=33–38|doi=10.1093/sf/sos117|last1=Agnew|first1=R.|s2cid=145274165|doi-access=free}}</ref> These violent actions related to gender inequality can be measured by comparing violent neighborhoods to non-violent neighborhoods.<ref name="Agnew, Robert 2012" /> By noticing the independent variables (neighborhood violence) and the dependent variable (individual violence), it is possible to analyze gender roles.<ref name="Grothoff">{{Cite journal|last2=Kempf-Leonard|first2=K.|last3=Mullins|first3=C.|year=2014|title=Gender and Juvenile Drug Abuse: A General Strain Theory Perspective|journal=Women & Criminal Justice|volume=24|pages=22–43|doi=10.1080/08974454.2013.842519|last1=Grothoff|first1=G. E.|s2cid=144473355}}</ref> The strain in the general strain theory is the removal of a positive stimulus and or the introduction of a negative stimulus, which would create a negative effect (strain) within individual, which is either inner-directed (depression/guilt) or outer-directed (anger/frustration), which depends on whether the individual blames themselves or their environment.<ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite journal|last2=Blurton|first2=D.|last3=McCluskey|first3=J.D.|year=2007|title=General Strain Theory and Delinquency: Focusing on the Influences of Key Strain Characteristics on Delinquency|journal=Crime & Delinquency|volume=54|issue=4|pages=582–613|doi=10.1177/0011128707301627|last1=Moon|first1=B.|s2cid=145118032}}</ref> Studies reveal that even though males and females are equally likely to react to a strain with anger, the origin of the anger and their means of coping with it can vary drastically.<ref name="ReferenceC" />

Males are likely to put the blame on others for adversity and therefore externalize feelings of anger.<ref name="Agnew, Robert 2012" /> Females typically internalize their angers and tend to blame themselves instead.<ref name="Agnew, Robert 2012" /> Female internalized anger is accompanied by feelings of guilt, fear, anxiety and depression.<ref name="Grothoff" /> Women view anger as a sign that they've somehow lost control, and thus worry that this anger may lead them to harm others and/or damage relationships. On the other end of the spectrum, men are less concerned with damaging relationships and more focused on using anger as a means of affirming their masculinity.<ref name="Grothoff" /> According to the general strain theory, men would more likely engage in aggressive behavior directed towards others due to externalized anger whereas women would direct their anger towards themselves rather than others.<ref name="ReferenceC" />