This
post wouldn't be hopeful at all. The politicians boast about
achievements in a field of women's rights
or avoid this topic. The average European believes the violence
towards women is declining nowadays due to developing sensibleness.
There is nothing more deceptive.
Have
you heard about femicide? The term says it all.
It's about the killing of women. However, the killing normally is
accompanied by other brutality, like torture, mutilation, rape...
It's connected, but not necessarily, with domestic violence,
psychological or economic abuse. What is it the reason to commit
crime? In short, the cause of femicide is misogyny and sexism. The
problem reflect that women still are under male control. It's
worth underlining that the
killing will be denominate femicide
if women´s
gender is one of reason of it. Femicide
embraces
not only violence toward women but also abortion which is practised
by selection of unborn girls
(it's called selective abortion) or
infanticide.
In same cases, the jealousy is a reason to commit this crime.
The
other disturbing fact is that the majority of guilty are still
unpunished. In Latin American countries femicide is frequently
connected with drug trafficking and with politics
thus in many case the
service presents a scapegoat who in reality is guiltless.
The
tragedy touches not only a victim but also her family, friends and
local community. The term derives from genocide and can take shape
like fratricide, uxorcide,
infanticide...For me, it doesn´t matter
how form it take, but the violence contra other human being.
P.S.
I haven´t load any picture because maybe someone couldn´t read this
post. Nevertheless, I recommend you see
some photos because words not always can describe all.
I am glad that you mentioned the very gruesome issue of femicide. The map shows really alarming statistics, probably the most unveiled brutality is still somewhere in male-dominated and male-oriented cultures, among other in islamic countries. But what worries me most is the unspekable numbers of silent victims in our neighbourhood. There are so many women in Polish families that are threatened every day by their frustrated husbands, that are afraid to leave them, that suffer even more seeing their children being molested or beaten by their fathers. I believe there is a lot we can do about it, especially in the domain of education. So the more we talk about it the better. And don't be scared to show photographs. We are all visual creatures and in this way information gets faster to our brains!!
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