Women too can be violent against men or other women, but it is far less common than violence by men. In many violent incidents, men have been drinking alcohol. This might be because alcohol unleashes feelings, fears, rage, and insecurities that some men, cut off from their feelings, cannot handle. But alcohol doesn't cause violence. Genes don't cause violence.
Violence is a way of asserting power, privilege, and control.
As men who care about the women in our lives, we can take responsibility to help ensure that women live free from fear and violence. Each year men around the world are wearing a white ribbon from November 25, the International Day for the Eradication of Violence Against Women, for one or two weeks. Wearing a white ribbon is your personal pledge never to commit violence against women. It is a pledge not to remain silent. It is a pledge to challenge the men around us to act to end violence.