[This is] the basis of the Innocent Woman Defense -the Innocent Woman Principle : Women are believed when they say they are innocent of violence and most easily doubted when they say they are guilty of violence. (Warren Farrell)

[This is] the basis of the Innocent Woman Defense -the Innocent Woman Principle : Women are believed when they say they are innocent of violence and most easily doubted when they say they are guilty of violence.

Warren Farrell

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