>>8I've actually thought quite a bit about what you said, because I think you have a point.
If a couple goes to a party and somebody starts hitting on the woman, the man generally becomes jealous and a conflict can erupt from that. If there is no woman in this scenario, they have no reason to fight. On the other hand, if a confrontation is imminent, the woman is there to attempt to calm the situation. The man doesn't want to fight around his woman. Even in a civilized manner, it's customary for men to "take their fight outside".
My reasoning is that considering absolute neutrality, meaning that men have nothing to gain and nothing to lose, men will make war. I think a group of men alone will be more violent than a group of men with women. And I believe that the more woman are prevalent, the less violence there will be. Of course, individual character also plays an important role, which I think will end up being the primary factor in this scenario.
>>9Of course that's not the case. War is a racket, after all. I'm talking about how to average person sees it.