BLOOD, POWER, AND REASON
Answering the question:
"Who is capable of killing?"
Tatiana Gerasimenok: Anyone can kill under circumstances that compel them: a mother protecting her child, a man defending his family. Within each of us dwell both instinct and reason.
Humans are, by nature, more bloodthirsty than beasts. Animals kill to survive, whereas humans, with their added intelligence, can reflect, plan, and justify violence for the sake of status, power, or ideology.
Social norms, laws, and morality are artificial restraints designed to keep the animalistic part of the population in check. Without them, humans are capable of destroying not out of necessity, but out of whim, ambition, or even for mass entertainment — as seen in the public executions of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Halloween, once a year, allows people to lift the mask and show who they really are beneath it.
Those who deny their dark side are at risk. Unacknowledged impulses do not vanish; they accumulate, overloading the psyche, creating internal conflict, and can ultimately result in serious psychological consequences and perversions, including the risk of developing PTSD when confronted with reality.
Those who recognize their demons gain the chance to keep them in check, understanding and controlling them.
While the majority of violence and destruction stems from men — driven by high testosterone, impulsivity, suppressed emotions, and fragile egos, which disturb mental balance and clarity of thought — women, endowed with high intelligence and social acuity, rarely resort to кilling.
They embody the power of creation and reason on the planet, becoming the wise Creatresses of the human race and guardians of life and rational growth.