When She Was Bad: Violent Women and the Myth of Innocence
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Author: Patricia Pearson
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
Despite the perception of women as not naturally aggressive, every day evidence proves otherwise: women kill their children, their husbands, their lovers, and their lovers' mistresses; women join their lovers in torture and killings, women are psychopaths, women are terrorists and violent criminals. The author of this book sets out to show that the idea (ideal?) of female innocence is pure myth. She argues that the two main culprits of the tendency to overlook extreme behaviour in women are feminists who have claimed victimhood for women and male society which finds it impossible to see women as powerful. Weaving the stories of violent women - from Myra Hindley and Rose West, from a mother who smothered eight of her children, from nurses who murdered their infant charges, to husband beaters - with the findings of criminologists, anthropologists and psychiatrists, the book presents a case for redefining the debate about female violence and power.
Author: Patricia Pearson
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
Despite the perception of women as not naturally aggressive, every day evidence proves otherwise: women kill their children, their husbands, their lovers, and their lovers' mistresses; women join their lovers in torture and killings, women are psychopaths, women are terrorists and violent criminals. The author of this book sets out to show that the idea (ideal?) of female innocence is pure myth. She argues that the two main culprits of the tendency to overlook extreme behaviour in women are feminists who have claimed victimhood for women and male society which finds it impossible to see women as powerful. Weaving the stories of violent women - from Myra Hindley and Rose West, from a mother who smothered eight of her children, from nurses who murdered their infant charges, to husband beaters - with the findings of criminologists, anthropologists and psychiatrists, the book presents a case for redefining the debate about female violence and power.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Patricia Pearson
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
Despite the perception of women as not naturally aggressive, every day evidence proves otherwise: women kill their children, their husbands, their lovers, and their lovers' mistresses; women join their lovers in torture and killings, women are psychopaths, women are terrorists and violent criminals. The author of this book sets out to show that the idea (ideal?) of female innocence is pure myth. She argues that the two main culprits of the tendency to overlook extreme behaviour in women are feminists who have claimed victimhood for women and male society which finds it impossible to see women as powerful. Weaving the stories of violent women - from Myra Hindley and Rose West, from a mother who smothered eight of her children, from nurses who murdered their infant charges, to husband beaters - with the findings of criminologists, anthropologists and psychiatrists, the book presents a case for redefining the debate about female violence and power.
Author: Patricia Pearson
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
Despite the perception of women as not naturally aggressive, every day evidence proves otherwise: women kill their children, their husbands, their lovers, and their lovers' mistresses; women join their lovers in torture and killings, women are psychopaths, women are terrorists and violent criminals. The author of this book sets out to show that the idea (ideal?) of female innocence is pure myth. She argues that the two main culprits of the tendency to overlook extreme behaviour in women are feminists who have claimed victimhood for women and male society which finds it impossible to see women as powerful. Weaving the stories of violent women - from Myra Hindley and Rose West, from a mother who smothered eight of her children, from nurses who murdered their infant charges, to husband beaters - with the findings of criminologists, anthropologists and psychiatrists, the book presents a case for redefining the debate about female violence and power.
When She Was Bad: Violent Women and the Myth of Innocence