Why are assassins in movies always young?
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If they don't get the kill, then the employer has wasted money. Younger people are more likely to get the kill because of their stronger cognitive skills. As an employer, you want to be guaranteed that the job gets done by the employee. If you hier a younger assassin there's a better chance that you'll hire someone that can get you the job done, over and over again, therefore making your businesses success rate go up and/or remain consistent. 1
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Generally speaking younger people have a lesser sense of conscience than older people. Their youth makes them natural risk takers and excitement seekers so this type of work will appeal to them. As we grow older we become more affiliated and empathetic with our fellow human beings, but above all , '' we lose our head for heights'', which is a generalized term meaning we lose our nerve in high risk situations and try to avoid them. Unlike serial killers who chose their victims, assassins are usually paid hit men who are given the details of those to be eliminated and as many young people are more ambitious for wealth and less discerning than the more mature members of our society, they reconcile their murderous trade with the rationalization that blowing a hole in someone's head isn't exactly hard manual work. Young people are more likely to have the tenacity and charisma to be able to charm their way into their proposed victim's normal social surroundings in order to glean the knowledge necessary to successfully complete their grizzly task. I beg to differ, I believe that older people have the tendency to hold more biases and be more fixed in their ways. Their opinions are often fixed. They're less flexible, more racist, sexist, and less forgiving. Children are pieces of paper that can be painted into so many things. They lack biases, and can be taught differently. This is why they are more likely to consume and use newer technologies while the older generation wants to do things the same way they've always done it. 1
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Whether or not older people hold more prejudices or festering grudges is pure conjecture. However, this is irrelevant as you're confusing serial killers with assassins. Assassins do not carry out their gory trade through any sense of personal malice nor do they experience any satisfaction of revenge nor gratification, sexual or otherwise, from their murders. The pathological tendencies of the assassin make it easier for them to justify their nefarious actions as they do not feel any remorse. So the 'avenging Angel'' mindset does not apply to professional assassins the majority of whom are young men. You make an altogether inappropriate analogy with children. The overwhelming of so called ''hard men'' of any society are between 16 and 30 years of age. That's a statistical fact. I rest my case. what cracks my ass up is the spate of these little girls bad-ass movies we have seen over the past decade. Like that tattooed little goth twerp girl from Iceland or wherever? Or the one Jolie played? Or....take your pick, of the little 90 pound skinny girls who in real life couldn't punch their way out of a wet paper bag, but in the movies they can drop a 220 lb professional male assassin with one kick or punch. In real life all you (you being an adult fit male with at least average strength) would have to do is let one of these girls take her best shot at you. You could just stand there and take it. She does not have the muscle mass to generate enough force to inflict injury. A fit guy who does a little sparring or MMA can even usually kick the ass of a professional female boxer or UFC woman for the same reasons. I weigh about 210 and am pretty fit. An athlete but not a boxer. Though I fought a few times on the ice. I have no doubt in my mind I could kill a Rhonda Rousey in a street fight. Just walk up to her and grab her throat and choke her out. What's the problem here? Weight does have major advantages, without a doubt. But, if you simply grab her neck, I'd see her breaking your arm with this move: http://www.ultimatejujitsu.com/static/ Now, if you got her in a head lock, that might go a bit differently. But, fights are unpredictable, never get too cocky, the early days of MMA taught us this. Especially, if you don't know how to fight. Also, if you are in a real fight, there are things people will do, that aren't allowed in the ring. For example, a poke to the eyes, a kick to the side of your knee, a jab to the throat, breaking fingers, etc ... street fighting is very different from textbook fighting. If you're going for the kill, and you know how to, a 140 pound person could be very dangerous. 1
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