Men must abandon notion they are violent by nature

On January 4, 1990 By Michael Kaufman

In my darker moments I think it was inevitable. A young man, wired with hate and fear, pulled the trigger on 14 women’s lives. It was inevitable not because men are naturally violent. There was something else at work.

There are those who think that men are predisposed to aggression and brutality. That’s the 2001: [...]

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