Deadlier Than the Male? An Examination of Female Aggression as Evil

Gavin, Helen (2011) Deadlier Than the Male? An Examination of Female Aggression as Evil. In: The Evil Body. At the Interface: cutting edge research . Inter-Disciplnary Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 261-270. ISBN 978-1-84888-074-0

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Abstract

The media presents us with a world that is increasingly violent. News agencies report on conflict, war, ethnic cleansing and torture. Yet another young man is stabbed to death on the streets of a major city, sportsmen or celebrities are in court accused of monstrous sexual assaults. These news stories have one thing in common: they are about men and male aggression. There is an unvoiced understanding that this violence is male, or originated by men. If this seems a strange thing to point out, try to imagine how these events would be reported if the instigators were female. This chapter sets out to examine why that suggestion makes us pause for thought, and to explore ideas about female aggression, its motives and outcomes, possibly exploding a few myths on the way.

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences School of Human and Health Sciences > Applied Criminology Centre
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Depositing User:	Helen Gavin
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2011 10:20
Last Modified:	03 Dec 2016 09:59
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/11853

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