I've never seen a world where only men were responsible for the violence, and the women were innocent. They go together. Men and women are a violent mixture.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most male victims of violence are the victims of other men's violence. So that's something that both women and men have in common. We are both victims of men's violence.
The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn't exist in every culture.
As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender.
The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.
By all measures men are the more violent gender.
The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence by females, and to the growing evidence that women can be just as aggressive as men.
Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.
Now, I have always believed that women are not victims; we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace - all we need is a fighting chance.
There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this is not happening in my backyard.'
Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.