Feminism
blamed for rising female violence

By Louisa Rebgetz
Posted Tue Jun 1, 2010 6:24am AEST
Social factors such as the rise of
feminism could be behind the rise in violence amongst women, researcher
says. (www.sxc.hu: Dominik Gwarek)
A Northern Territory
researcher says studies show women can be just as violent as men and
social changes are behind a reported rise in violence among young
women.
A senior lecturer
in psychology at Charles Darwin University, Dr Peter Forster, says
there is no truth to the argument that testosterone levels make men
more aggressive.
He says social factors such as the
rise of feminism in the last few decades could be behind the rise in
violence amongst women.
"We've now taken away the
expectation that women will behave differently to men," he said.
"It
used to be that one of the biggest differences was that women were
more peaceful, they were peacemakers.
"[But] that kind
of inhibition to be violent has gradually diminished to the point where
it no longer inhibits women at all."
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