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.

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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...

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...

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...

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.