Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical aggression as men is anecdotal. And as with men, this capacity has expressed itself in acts from the brave to the brutal, the selfless to…

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American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the...

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all...

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...