Warfare = masochistic submission to the political leader and the nation. Killing and dying for the state. Nothing to do with "male aggression." Precisely the opposite: Male submission: dying for one's country when asked to do so.

People PRETEND soldiers are "aggressive warriors," appealing to their pride and masculinity--so they will be more willing to die when asked to do so.

The gaslighting of soldiers.

What motivates people to say that young men fight in battles to express "male aggression" when obviously this is not the case? 

Richard Koenigsberg 

PS: Empirical data: the Battle of the Somme (First World War), the Battle of Gallipoli (First World War), American soldiers landing on the beach at Iwo Jima (Second World War), American soldiers trying to reach the shore at Omaha Beach in the Second World War (see the opening scene of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN).