Passage from the Analysis and Conclusion Section:

Nevertheless, disturbingly, but ultimately not surprisingly, many women, both humble and powerful, deliberately chose to embrace the genocidal ideology of hate and violence, and even chose to participate with enthusiasm and dedication. Excusing or exoticizing, even sensationalizing women's genocidal crimes on the grounds that they are outside our, or Rwandan, gender norms of female behavior diverts us from the pursuit of explaining, understanding, and preventing future genocidal actions. A binarized gender-based analysis of female perpetrators reinforces and perpetuates a patriarchal myth that women by their very nature are implausible agents of atrocities. Instead the evidence is plentiful that when women are provided an atmosphere of positive incentives and impunity similar to those of men, as Jones notes, “their degree of participation in genocide and the violence and cruelty they exhibit runs closely parallel to their male counterparts” and for similar motives. [62]

https://www.uni.edu/universitas/article/women-leaders-rwandan-genocide-when-women-choose-kill

Citation: Donna J. Maier, Universitas , Volume 8, 2012-2013