Maybe I shouldn't repeat this one, but as its come to my mind, my father used to say, "Women start most/all wars", (or are behind them?)!
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I can't tell you where he got the idea from, as I'm pretty sure he wasn't interested in ancient history, "Helen of Troy" and all that, but there you are, I suppose its one point of view, whilst so many believe it is mainly men who cause wars, or start wars, you'd have to say my dad was a "bit of an outlier" on this one!
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It would appear from my very limited research here, and at least some others share my father's view, (maybe time for a separate thread though?):
https://qz.com/967895/throughout-history-women-rulers-were-more-likely-to-wage-war-than-men/
and this one:
https://aeon.co/ideas/would-the-world-be-more-peaceful-if-there-were-more-women-leaders
Quote: ‘Women leaders can indeed be forceful when confronted with violent, aggressive and dangerous international situations.’ But they can also be aggressive in the cause of peace. It is, indeed, a stereotype to dismiss women as inherently peaceable. As Swanwick wrote in
The Future of the Women’s Movement (1913): ‘I wish to disclaim altogether the kind of assumption … in feminist talk of the present day.’ That is, ‘the assumption that men have been the barbarians who loved physical force, and that women alone were civilised and civilising. There are no signs of this in literature or history.’