Everything you didn't know about domestic abuse, Dr Don Dutton meets TheTinMen (Chapter 2)

Everything you didn't know about domestic abuse, Dr Don Dutton meets TheTinMen (Chapter 2)

From TheTinMen Podcast by TheTinMen

March 23, 2026 · 1h 7m · Season 3 · Episode 3

About this episode

Dr. Don Dutton discusses his extensive research and controversial views on domestic violence and family dynamics.

Emeritus Professor, Dr Don Dutton has worked within family violence for 50 years, to become one of the world’s foremost experts on this issue.Dr Dutton has written nearly a dozen books and hundreds of peer reviewed papers on family violence; as a psychologist he's treated violent men for decades, co-founding the ‘Assaultive Husbands Project’, winning dozens of grants and awards, and acting as an expert witness in scores of legal trials, including the most infamous partner homicide trial in history – on the prosecution against O.J. Simpson. He is, simply put, 'the expert's expert'. What's more, Dr Dutton has been unafraid to challenge the male perpetrator, female victim paradigm of domestic violence, looking past the political ideology, and centreing his research on the evidence.Considering himself an "outsider" within family violence research, Dr Dutton has become a contentious character, often vilified for his hard hitting assertions, and reluctance to bow to the 'feminist agenda' that domestic violence is instrumental, and men enacting 'patriarchal power' onto women.Let's take a look – 00:00 – The paradox of gender equality and violence by women01:58 – The Millennial…

People in this episode

Host: TheTinMen

Guest: Dr Don Dutton

Topics covered

  • domestic abuse
  • family violence
  • gender equality
  • political agenda
  • psychology
  • male perpetrators
  • feminist models

Keywords

  • domestic violence
  • family violence
  • gender equality
  • psychology
  • O.J. Simpson
  • feminist agenda
  • power abuse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Assaultive Husbands Project

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