Thank you so much for this response, which importantly points out that “the language in the piece is incendiary” — in addition to her questionable analysis, the overall tone of Stewart’s article is preachy, paternalistic, and voyeuristic. To your list of points that call for a more culturally-conscious discussion, I would add that self-fashioning (through [...]

More than presenting a tired “women do it too!” argument, Amy is calling for an expanded framework with which to consider a range of violent acts. She never disregarded the fact of male pattern violence (in fact, she cited several sources to show that the dialogue is very much happening) — rather, she suggested that [...]