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JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
32. He killed three women.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 01:35 PM
Oct 2012

And he is responsible. He is to blame. Nevertheless, his act occurs in the context of a culture that tolerates misogyny and trains males in macho culture, that excuses rape, that glorifies male jealousy and male violence.

Your caricature of what I said shows nothing other than denial. Denial doesn't help.

Since the homicide statistics do differ by era and country and place, and since there are different forms of homicide that are more or less common at different times, culture and training and socioeconomic factors self-evidently make a difference.

And you're right, most murder victims are men. And 90+ percent of murderers are men.

Beyond that, there are categories of murder. War, for example (where since WWII civilians have always the majority killed). Murder in the course of other crimes. Competition over territory in businesses, like drugs.

And femicide is a category. Don't practice denial. It's a specifically male violence against women in particular. It is a form of terrorism against women.

THIS JUST IN: Dispatcher: Wisconsin Spa Shooting Suspect Found Dead Purveyor Oct 2012 #1
I was wondering if it wasn't personal Cha Oct 2012 #3
Didnt just the same thing happened a few days ago in FL?? darkangel218 Oct 2012 #4
They were out of Blue Dye #56 Liberalagogo Oct 2012 #5
"in beauty salons" ---I was just in a Soc. Sec. office with average 2 hr. wait & people were wordpix Oct 2012 #20
Mass murderers aren't all that creative; slaughter is their objective.nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #23
Good. Saves the People the expense of a trial. Effin' coward. kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #6
If these people had knives, swords, bare hands, box cutters, or whatever else, AllyCat Oct 2012 #11
but they NEED their guns to look tough!!! Skittles Oct 2012 #13
Chicken$hits. That's what these people are. AllyCat Oct 2012 #19
Oh, he was a black gangsta? Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #24
We'd better start cracking-down on single mothers near Brookfield. Wisconsin. n/t Ian David Oct 2012 #2
Kind of a convoluted way to deal with the problem wtmusic Oct 2012 #10
And don't forget the robots. Why do the scientists even make them? n/t Ian David Oct 2012 #14
Sure, things will improve when everyone in the country is issued TBF Oct 2012 #15
"Issued?" Get responsible. Buy your own.nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #25
Enjoy your stay comrade ... nt TBF Oct 2012 #27
You need to edit that headline...newer update... countryjake Oct 2012 #7
Thanks... hue Oct 2012 #8
The good thing is Plucketeer Oct 2012 #9
The gun was a willing conspirator, according to latest reports. Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #26
Since it happened in the US, Republicans will blame the deaths on the lack of guns in the spa and JDPriestly Oct 2012 #12
Mental illness is really not something to joke about slackmaster Oct 2012 #18
Could it be that some terrorists are actually mentally ill? JDPriestly Oct 2012 #22
That's a definite possibility slackmaster Oct 2012 #29
Since 9/11 and the passage of the Patriot Act, I have thought and said that our official definition JDPriestly Oct 2012 #35
Sad story - and nobody is talking about the underlying TBF Oct 2012 #16
Mental illness sucks slackmaster Oct 2012 #17
Woman-hating murderers suck. JackRiddler Oct 2012 #21
Murderers suck. 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #28
Sure, but this is misogyny at work - a femicide. Something specific. JackRiddler Oct 2012 #30
Do you have evidence that he targeted women 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #31
He killed three women. JackRiddler Oct 2012 #32
His main target christx30 Oct 2012 #33
Yes, but did he target her 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #34
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