On the one hand, they seem to suggest that there is just something inherent in human nature that induces people to behave violently toward those they have power over. But then again, women also often have to adopt stereotypically masculine traits in order to be successful in the public sphere. That they would adopt both “good” and “bad” masculine traits shouldn’t come as a surprise. There seems to be a lot of room for conflating nature/nurture to suit practically any argument.

Anyway, I think it’s also worth noting:

“Overall, 91% of youth in these facilities were male; 9% were female.”

In light of the fact that there are far more males and than females in these institutions, I would be incredibly disturbed if staff nonetheless abused female inmates at higher rates than males. As it stands, females are still disproportionately abused as compared to male inmates.

(Although, of course, it’s unfortunate whether males or females are abused, if I have to state the obvious).