A study from the University of Cumbria says that women are more likely than men to be “controlling and aggressive.” More and more it’s females who are verbally and physically abusive, study psychologists say, hence the term “intimate terrorists.” The Daily Mail reports:
… the latest research turns the accepted view on its head.
Study leader Dr Elizabeth Bates said: ‘The stereotypical popular view is still one of dominant control by men. That does occur but research over the last ten to 15 years has highlighted the fact that women are controlling and aggressive in relationships too.’
She said scientists may have to think again about the reasons for male violence against women, which previous studies said arose from ‘patriarchal values’ in which men are motivated to seek to control women’s behaviour, using violence if necessary.
She said other research also looked at men in prisons and women in refuges, rather than typical members of the public.
The study team were surprised at the level of violence shown by some women, revealed in answers to an anonymous questionnaire.
I never understood the usual feminist mantra. My (male) friends and I were raised with the maxim “never hit a woman — no matter what.”
h/t to Instapundit.
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