In “The moral equivalent of war”, William James asserts that modern men want to fight in war because of their eagerness to prove themselves to their ancestors; that “our ancestors have bred pugnacity into our bone and marrow” (Line 17), and “thousands of years of peace won’t breed it out of us” (Line 18). William is claiming here that men are inherently “violent”, and it is extremely difficult to drive this away from them; that war will happen and will continue to happen due to this “driving force” to prove themselves to their ancestors. This ties in to the ideas conveyed in “Can real men live in a peaceful society?”, Where MacKnight claims that earlier men performed large amounts of physical labour, that the early man was “Ready at a moment’s notice to use his fists or pick up a weapon to wield against enemies or wild beats;” (Pg. 2). That this is still instilled in men nowadays, and in some cases may be the reason for the very common amounts of “Violence” shown in a sexual demeanor. MacKnight claims that “The ladies of Eleanors of Aquitaine’s court”, “Invented chivalry to tame the violence of the men around them”, he makes a connection to how a dog may be castrated if its violence is untrainable, and makes a remark that the idea of castration could be used on men in current society who act out in terms of their “Violent behavior”. To conclude, “violence” has been instilled within men throughout history as a way to show glory for their ancestors, but this way to show glory has devolved over time and became a very negative thing for a small group of men, and this way to show glory needs to be removed.