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When She Was Bad: Violent Women and the Myth of Innocence

by Patricia Pearson · 1997

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Our culture, argues award-winning journalist Patricia Pearson, is in denial of women's innate capacity for aggression. We deny that women batter their husbands.

Crime Violent CrimesPsychologyViolenceCase StudiesAbusive WomenAggressivenessViolence in WomenFemale Offenders

About When She Was Bad: Violent Women and the Myth of Innocence

Our culture, argues award-winning journalist Patricia Pearson, is in denial of women's innate capacity for aggression. We deny that women batter their husbands. We forget that the statistics prove that children in America are abused mostly by women. We ignore the 200 percent increase in crime by women during a period in which most crime statistics are dropping. Instead, we transform female violence into victimhood by citing PMS, battered wife syndrome, postpartum depression as the sources of women's actions. When She Was Bad tells the stories of such women as Karla Homolka, who raped and…

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