Steven Pinker quote: Since violence is largely a male pastime, cultures that empower women tend to move away from the glorification of violence ...

Since violence is largely a male pastime, cultures that empower women tend to move away from the glorification of violence and are less likely to breed dangerous subcultures of rootless young men.

~ Steven Pinker ~

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