Three London, Ont. women were among 62 victims of femicide in Ontario over the past year, something a local abused women’s shelter said is further evidence that gender-based violence needs to be treated as the epidemic that it is.
The list, released by the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH) and the University of Guelph, includes women, children, and gender-diverse individuals who were the victims of a gender-related killing by a man.
If “Femicide” is now a thing where is the examination of female on male murder, assault, and coercion? Seems lopsided to announce an epidemic without any view of the totality. This is very reminiscent of the arguement that one in four unhoused people is female so ACTION MUST BE TAKEN to end the female housing crisis!!! And the other 3/4ths of unhoused? Well, they’re men and therefore disposable.
Reminds me of one report I saw that covered all missing and killed indigenous people in Canada. Over two thirds were men.
Two. Thirds.
And yet, we don’t hear a peep about that. Only about missing and killed indigenous women. As if they’re the only ones who matter.
Sorry, but in many mitigation strategies it is taught that you attack the largest or most intractable problem first, in order to achieve the greatest lasting effect. Doesn’t matter if you’re talking about first aid or personal finance or economic strategies or any other problem space.
I don’t mind paying equal attention to both genders even with a lopsided mostly-male victimology, but focusing exclusively on the smallest group of victims (and often the smallest by a wide margin) is nothing more than a kick in the nuts and spit-in-the-face confirmation that men don’t matter.
Chris Rock was right. Men are only [valued] when they produce something of value. Bring nothing of value to the table? Fuck off and go die in the gutter.
The premise and promise of society is becoming less and less attractive to men all the time. It may have even reached negative-value territory for men. No wonder more and more men are just turning their backs on societal expectations and going their own way.
Damn.
https://women-gender-equality.canada.ca/en/gender-based-violence/intimate-partner-violence.html
Police-reported data (2019):
Overall, 44% of women who had ever been in an intimate partner relationship—or about 6.2 million women aged 15 and over —reported experiencing some kind of psychological, physical, or sexual abuse in the context of an intimate relationship in their lifetime (since the age of 15). More specifically, women were significantly more likely than men to have experienced any form of IPV, including physical abuse (23% versus 17%, respectively), sexual abuse (12% versus 2%), and psychological abuse (43% versus 35%)
Women, relative to men, were considerably more likely to have experienced the most severe forms of IPV in their lifetime (since the age of 15): being made to perform sex acts they did not want to perform (8% versus 1%), being confined or locked in a room or other space (3% versus 0.5%), being forced to have sex (10% versus 2%), being choked (7% versus 1%), and having harm or threats of harm directed towards their pets (4% versus 0.8%).
Intimate partner homicide
Between 2014 and 2019, there were 497 victims of intimate partner homicide, and—similar to intimate partner violence in general—80% (400 victims) were women.
More details in the link up top.
Will you allow experts to call it an epidemic now?
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