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Daemon Fairless on that time he headbutted a man in the face (Warning: Contains graphic language.) 7 years ago; Radio; Duration 4:11; The author of Mad Blood Stirring: The Inner Lives of Violent ...
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May 16, 2019 · Daemon Fairless was taking the subway home on New Year's Eve when something happened. Here's how he ended up headbutting a man in the face. CBC Radio · Posted: May 16, 2019 3:33 PM EDT | Last ...
- Mad Blood Stirring
- The 'Jekyll and Hyde' Rapist
- Distorted Thinking
- Men, Not Monsters
- Facing The Demons
Disturbed and confused by his own anger and bloodlust, Fairless — a former As It Happens producer — set out to explore the roots of male violence in his new book Mad Blood Stirring: The Inner Lives of Violent Men. "I'm, 99.9 per cent of the time, a really, I think, even-keeled, gentle, friendly, gregarious person. And then that tiny little percenta...
For his book, Fairless talked to some of Canada's most violent men. One central figure is Darrell (not his real name), a serial sexual predator incarcerated in a maximum-security Canadian prison. Darrell started attacking women when he was a teenager. "He lost his own virginity raping, which I had trouble getting my head around," Fairless said. "An...
In a 2015 University of North Dakota surveyof 86 men, 31.7 per cent said they would act on "intentions to force a woman to sexual intercourse" if they could get away with it. But when asked the same question phrased differently, only 13.6 per cent said they would "rape a woman." Studies like that, Fairless said, show that men have a disturbing capa...
Fairless also interviewed a man he calls The Killer — a Canadian man who raped and murdered several young women. Unlike Darrell, The Killer seemed to have no remorse for his actions, and no capacity for empathy at all. "I think we have this tendency to want to try to categorize people like him as 'others' — as not quite human," Fairless said. "That...
Fairless said he believes the key to moving forward is for men to confront their inner demons and unpack their darkest desires. "I'm a different person after writing this book. I am not the same guy who's going to get into fights — precisely because I looked inside in a very unpleasant way. I mean, it really tore me apart to write this book," he sa...
May 11, 2018 · Daemon Fairless begins his debut book of non-fiction, Mad Blood Stirring, with a description of a fight in a Toronto subway car, where he head-butts a verbally abusive, very drunk man who has become a potential threat to his wife, and other people on the train. At the time it seemed like the right thing to do, and the author tells us he made a conscious choice to put himself in a position to ...
Author Daemon Fairless talks about that time he headbutted a man in the face. Read more about his new book, Mad Blood Stirring: The Inner Lives of...
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May 2, 2018 · May 2, 2018 March 29, 2022 - by Daemon Fairless Daemon Fairless Illustration by Mariah Llanes, Updated 15:15, Mar. 29, 2022 | Published 14:12, May. 2, 2018 This article was published over a year ago. Some information may no longer be current.
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Mar 2, 2018 · Canadian journalist Daemon Fairless’s new book Mad Blood Stirring explores the violence inside many men ... you describe an incident in which you head-butt an obnoxious drunk on the subway. ...
