Women can have a dark streak too: The need for more research into female psychopaths

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Now when you think of a psychopath, what images immediately come to mind? Most likely that of a man; be it Adolf Hitler, Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson or Joseph Stalin. Not so, says Annette Young’s guest this week. Miriam Frankel, the Senior Science Editor at the Conversation Media Group, talks about why scientists have been seemingly reticent to explore dark traits among women. Also Western governments are massively slashing foreign aid budgets as they boost spending on defence with aid organisations saying it will be women and girls who will bear the brunt of such moves. Plus how the ballerinas from the Ukrainian national ballet have found a new lease of life as their art becomes a form of resistance.