Prompts 2 and 5

#2) In my opinion, power is a burden if used well. You can see this plainly in democracy. The president of our democracy takes into account our voice, and he tries his best to please everyone. This takes a toll on one's physical and mental well-being. However, in a communist country such as North Korea, the pleas of the people do not even reach the ears of the dictator. His people are suffering, and therefore he isn't using his power well.

#5) I do not personally feel that women are more compassionate than men. When it comes to violence, you cannot simply say that one gender is more or less violent than the other. You have to look at certain cases, such as violent crimes or domestic abuse. In violent crimes, women commit the vast minority, and this is widely accepted. However, in roughly 12.5% of relationships, there is reported violence that has been deemed nonreciprocal, and this violence has largely been committed by women. In nonreciprocally violent relationships women are the aggressor more than 70% of the time. Also, in relationships where violence was reciprocal, men were injured more often (25%) than women (20%).