Violence against women is one of the world's most intractable problems. Historically, Australian society has told men they need to be physically and mentally tough, which normalised male aggression. During the 19th and 20th century, housewife manuals routinely instructed women, as the 'gentle sex', that it was up to them to manage the moods of the men around them. Warning: This episode may be distressing to some listeners. On the 2 March 1851, Patrick McNamara went to his brother-in-laws hut at Aberglassyn, where his wife Rose was staying and murdered her.

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