Addressing the Double Bind of Women’s Anger After Trauma

Modern society is grappling with understanding and responding to women’s anger in a sociopolitical environment where, globally, violence against women is considered an epidemic, economic crises disproportionately affect women, and rights to access comprehensive reproductive health care are being eroded. There is much for women to be angry about, yet nascent scientific evidence exists on the phenomenology and consequences of women’s anger and its important link to trauma.