Published on August 29, 2025 6:14 AM GMT I often see people treating defensiveness as proof of guilt. The thought seems to go that if someone is defensive, it’s because they know they’ve done something wrong. There are even proverbs around this, such as “a hit dog will holler” or “the lady doth protest too much”. This has always felt false to me. Now, it’s certainly true that having done something wrong can be the cause of defensiveness. But that’s just one out of many options...
