The ways in which we classify violence is itself often sexist and reinforces toxic gender stereotypes. Many of the violent things women do are normalized in soc

The ways in which we classify violence is itself often sexist and reinforces toxic gender stereotypes. Many of the violent things women do are normalized in society because they're not seen as 'real' violence and diminished solely by virtue of having been committed by a woman (e.g. intimate partner violence against men in heterosexual relationships, intimate partner violence against women in lesbian relationships, or child abuse especially against girls and & gender-conforming children), often seen as not 'worthy' of the same types of classification or intervention as violence perpetrated by men. This is the flip side of the stereotypes we typically associate with misogyny, and a form of benevolent sexism[0]: "women are weak" -> "women can't be violent" -> "women can't be soldiers" -> "women can't be abusers or criminals". As for psychological violence, the subreddit /r/RaisedByNarcissists is full of women talking about living with the aftermath of abusive mothers. If one believes in "the radical notion that women are people" then it stands to reason women can fully embody the totality of the human experience, which includes a certain capacity and propensity for violence. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambivalent_sexism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambivalent_sexism