Can people be "born bad"?

[DivideandMultiply]

I was born to be wild.

So you were born to be wild, but were not born wild?

 

[Marlowe]

So you were born to be wild, but were not born wild?

I was born in low income housing, so clearly I'm born to become a rapist.

 

[nicky]

There is substantial proof, for a causal relationship between being a perpetrator of abuse and having been a victim of abuse. .
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That is a myth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia#Causes_and_biological_associations

Also the majority of child molestors are men yet girls are more likely to be victim of child molestation so your theory doesn't add up.

 

[rayven]

Your shaped by three things (generally)

What went on in your mums hormone system while she was pregnant.

The lessons you were taught in life as your brain developed (its born underdeveloped)

Peer pressure.

IMO

 

[zimma]

Ah that old nature vs nurture chestnut...

 

[mantis]

Ah that old nature vs nurture chestnut...

Agree, I'm sure there are some who have been brought up in loving homes, yet are nut cases from birth, I think the majority though, are kids who experience violence & abuse at a young age.

I'd say that about 5% of bad people are born that way due to chemical imbalances in their brain, the rest it's because of their environment.

 

[Handsuper47]

People are born to be alive.