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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You obviously don't (want to) know what 'femicide' actually is.

It's true, that the total percentage of men getting murdered is higher. But they do not get murdered for their gender. Nor are they being murdered mostly by women.

When we speak of femicide, we talk about that women are disproportionately murdered by their partners or ex- partners and family members. The most dangerous place for a women is her own home.

Most attempts on a woman's life are done by her spouse. And in the past, these murders and attempted murders were often ignored or disregarded, because it's "just" a domestic dispute. It happens...

But the number of femicides worldwide are actually rising significantly. And that's why its important to call it out and shine light on it. We can't just shrug at another ex boyfriend who set his girlfriend on fire.

This doesn't erase male murder victims, but makes usually invisible female victims visible. The same way that women's right are not taking away any rights from men. You are not being repressed by women having equal rights.

When people talk about a high rate of deaths from barfights or whatever, that doesn't erase victims from robberies. You only cry about victims being erased, because its women we talk about.