New podcast with world leading family violence expert Dr Don Dutton https://tinyurl.com/544d5c9w ~ It’s unpopular to say – But in many ways, violence by women is just another part of ‘women’s autonomy’; and if you don’t acknowledge such acts by women, then that’s exactly what you are denying. Yes. Women’s autonomy – as we are reminded – is the choice to be breadwinners, CEOs and world leaders; but so too it can be the choice to be violent, to be abusers, and to be bullies. That’s what autonomy is. The ability to do as one chooses, rather than what is most expedient to one’s political agenda. Simply put, women are human beings. Human beings, who are, to quote Margaret Atwood, ‘capable of the full range of saintly and demonic behaviours, including criminal ones...’ And the science finds this too. We all know that as a society becomes more gender equal, violence against women decreases. But as far fewer know, or care to admit, as societies become more gender equal, partner violence by women increases, to become roughly equal to that of men. So who will talk about this dark side of women’s autonomy, which recognises the full brutality, alongside the brilliance of women? What do you think? ~ Archer, Cross-cultural differences in physical aggression between partners: a social-role analysis https://tinyurl.com/mrcujpvb Generation by Gender Differences in Use of Sexual Aggression: A Replication of the Millennial Shift https://tinyurl.com/2dbsz2er

2026-03-23