Are sons of predators more likely to be predators?

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So, this is a real story but I'm not going to post a link because it's from a very small town and I don't want to give up personal info about myself.
There is a father who in the 80s was involved in (at the time) the largest class action lawsuit for sexual harassment.
News has just broken that his son (high profile in the community) is going to court for groping a woman in a bar.  
His other son (the mayor) is being investigated for allocations of unwanted sexual conduct by his former employee.  
So here's the question- are the sons (since this is the example) more likely to be predators if their fathers are?  
Bonus question- nature or nurture?

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Kids learn what they are around. Plain and simple.

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If the kid was raised by a man with few morals, I wouldn't be surprised to find him grown up the same way. What we learn growing up makes us who we are. If nobody was there to demonstrate how his father's behavior was wrong, the kid is going to think it's okay. Nature AND nurture, I believe. Fun to see personality traits that are passed through generations, unfortunately the shitty ones get passed down too.

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I think genetics and parenting play a large role in the behavior of offspring. 
   
Genetics have shown diseases run in families, as well as sexual preference, I think some things can be taught though. You should be able to teach children not to say dumb shot or touch people inappropriately, I don't think that is genetic.

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BOTH!! Nature causes them to have high libido but nurture is what taught them how to handle the situation and perceive women

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I’d say a bit of both like the last comment said. Kinda the same concept as if a guys father was a woman beater, more likely than not the son will eventually do the same, if not removed from the situation, or taught otherwise (nurture)

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It’s a mix of nature and nurture, criminal behavior can actually be genetic, and obviously if you’re raised by pieces of shit you’re more likely to grow up to also be a piece of shit cause they raised you that way.

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Yes. Especially if the fathervis open about his disrespect of women

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product of their environment.

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I believe nurture is so important in this instance, but psychologically situations like this are handled differently. Often people will do what they are taught, and people learn more by watching others than ever being told. As these men learnt the objectification of women. Though, there are people that will learn the opposite, they may see the horrible things their dad did and be repulsed by it, taking the extra opportunity to respect women. You also have to keep in mind the influence of the community though, if they are shaming these men for what their dad did, that’s going to have a impact as well.

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Yes but it's their decision to act upon it, knowing it's wrong but still doing it? Atleast get some help

Are sons of predators more likely to be predators?

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