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Men, Women, And Optimal Violence, Mary Anne Franks Jan 2016

Men, Women, And Optimal Violence, Mary Anne Franks

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While both men and women can, and do, use violence against each other, men's violence against women is far more common, less justified, and more destructive than women's violence against men. One of the reasons for this asymmetry is that men do not fear retaliation for violence against women, whereas women do fear retaliation for their use of violence against men. The distribution of violence between the genders, then, is suboptimal. Society would be better off as a whole if more women were willing to engage in justified violence against men, and fewer men were willing to engage in unjustified …


Crime Logic, Campus Sexual Assault, And Restorative Justice, Donna Coker Jan 2016

Crime Logic, Campus Sexual Assault, And Restorative Justice, Donna Coker

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