Boys hitting on girls at a young age grow up to abuse woman! Do they?

It depends. a) Is his hitting everyone? If he is, then it may be an angry issue or just from being too excited to see everyone. b) Why is he hitting? Is he angry? Does his siblings hit? What about his friends? Just because he is hitting doesn't mean that he will abuse women. It takes a lot to do that, generally the parents will spoil their child, not discipline him. He may grow to hate women because they do everything for them and feels he can control them at a young age. I think it depends on the person. I will give you some examples: a) My aunt's ex was abusive. He was a spoiled child, and was never disciplined, in fact his parents always gave in to him. He would fight with his sisters and he had said that "all women are good for is to cook and clean" at an early age. Obviously he felt at a young age he could control them. b) Some abusers see their parents abuse, therefore if you are living with someone who is abusing your mom, you are more likely to be abusive. c) No family examples, rules or discipline, then that is more likely to grow up to be abusive to others. I am sure other people can add more to it. It depends on many factors, really. Pablo

that is definitely a red flag to watch out for, but nothing is carved in stone. People can grow up. People can change. But something is definitely wrong and those boys are going down the wrong path and a parent or someone else needs to correct that behavior.

I agree with you that if a boy starts hitting girls at a young age that there is a good possibility that this traight will continue as he grows into adulthood. I think that some thype of positive intervention is necessary.

I think this is true. Many men become abusive to women and think it is funny to watch them be tortured. There is much shame to these kind of people. It is sad that people can't respect each other and keep their anger to themselves.