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erisNovember 26, 2020
Whenever people talk about feminists being angry, I think of the women who are murdered or mutilated after asking for help. I think of 6yo girls in Kenya who are raped by warriors from their tribe before they are forced to have their genitals mutilated. I think of the Russian woman whose husband cut off her hands with an axe after she tried reporting him to the police several times and they told her that they don't get involved in their private quarrels.
I think of all the women who have been and continue to be murdered, tortured, raped, mutilated, abused, beaten, terrorised by their partners or their families. How in the fuck could anyone not be enraged?
Researcher1536November 27, 2020
This is my response to people when they tell women to be nice. I've run out of nice juice! I'm just pissed off!
Over half of the killings of American women are related to intimate partner violence, with the vast majority of the victims dying at the hands of a current or former romantic partner, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/07/homicides-women/534306/
A recent study examining gender differences and homicide (Fridel, et al.) identified a rise in domestic violence murders since 2014, after 40 years of a steady reduction. In the US, three women used to be killed by an intimate partner each day. The figure is now up—closer to four women a day. At the same time, the number of men who are murdered by an intimate partner has declined. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-games/201909/the-number-women-murdered-partner-is-rising
KateKnit [OP]November 26, 2020
Extract from the article:
The report, which examined 1,425 cases of women killed by 1,419 men [over a 10 year period], found that in 46 per cent of all cases, the perpetrator had a history of violence — in 29 cases the perpetrator had killed before.
In at least 59 per cent of femicides committed by intimate partners or male relatives, there was a history of prior abuse by the perpetrator against the victim.
In a statement, Femicide Census founders said: “The known histories of violence of these men and the fact that so many women had told someone or sought help is a shocking indictment of the failure of the systems that are meant to respect, protect and fulfil women’s human rights."
(in the UK)
Yeah, the worldwide number is a lot, lot more
Thank you! I was really confused about that.