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http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/pregnant-girl-was-buried-alive-by-her-boyfriendMansilla confessed to her murder, and as there were traces of a drug used in abortions found in her body, he was also charged with forced abortion....
Argentinians were shocked by the murders of Chiara and a number of other women in recent months. The frequency of shocking cases of femicide the murder of women for their gender had reached a tipping point.
In a movement led by social media and the hashtag #NiUnaMenos (Not One Less), women, men and children in cities across Argentina demanded an end to gender violence.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)One_Life_To_Give
(6,036 posts)Guess a Presidents Gender has little to do with the status of ordinary women in the country. Not totally unsurprising but still troubling.
We can have a Godess, but you little girl are just a $#&*%
Beacool
(30,254 posts)"In 2000, 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by an intimate partner. In recent years, an intimate partner killed approximately 33% of female murder victims and 4% of male murder victims."
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/domestic_violence/resources/statistics.html
"Victimization due to violent assault in general is common in the U.S. among both sexes, with an estimated 1.9 million women and 3.2 million men physically assaulted annually, and domestic violence is a large part of that problem, with 22.1% of women and 7.4% of men having been physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, boyfriend, girlfriend or date in their lifetime (the preceding data is according to a 2000 U.S. Department of Justice Report)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence_in_the_United_States
National Impact
1 in 4 women report experiencing domestic violence in their lifetimes.
2 million injuries and 1,300 deaths are caused each year as a result of domestic violence.
All cultural, religious, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds are affected by domestic violence.
http://www.clicktoempower.org/domestic-violence-facts
cstanleytech
(26,368 posts)tanbrown
(32 posts)It's true that domestic violence can happen to anyone at all. And that's important to know. It's not just a poor woman's problem or a foreigner's problem. The rich white woman in the castle can be beaten up, too.
On the other hand, if the intent is to say, "We should not judge other cultures because we have problems too," I will disagree strongly. Domestic violence does not hit all cultures and countries equally.
I would like to link you to an article from 2006 - but I can't because I don't know how to link stuff. Instead I will ask you to search "asra nomani, mahmoud shalash." Nomani is the author of the op-ed piece I would like you to read. And Shalash - he is the imam of my local mosque. He is not an extremist. His granddaughter is my friend; another friend is married to one of his grandsons. He walks in my local park with his niqabi wife. He preaches mainstream Islam. He often preaches about the importance of wifely obedience. I know, because my twelve year old son is taken to Friday prayer and sometimes reports back to me.
The article is about Shalash's promotion of wife-beating.
I was married to a Muslim man in this community. He abused me. And although i was an outsider and not privy to most women's secrets, I can name several other women who were abused in various ways.
But the catch is: according to Islam, what was done to them was not abuse. It was simply the husband exercising the rights Allah has given him. That is what the men think, and that is what the women think, because that is what they are taught to think.
So, imagine what happens when males are told they have every power over their wives, and women are told to be patient and obedient "like the Prophet's wives," and the religion states that men can divorce women at any instant but women can only divorce men under very limited conditions.
You have heard the saying, "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely", right? In a world where men can do whatever they want, with impunity... plenty of them do. And the obstacles are piled very very high against a woman who tries to get out. It's far harder for a Muslim woman to escape violence (even in America, where theoretically the secular law is on her side) than it is for a typical atheist or mainstream/liberal Christian woman in the west.
My experience - borne out by statistics on DV in places like Pakistan and Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories, and supported by common sense - is that domestic violence is way more common in pockets where the culture condones it, the religion upholds it, the religious leaders promote it, and where women are kept powerless and have no choice but to accept it.
So, yes, let's remember that DV can affect anyone. But let's not fall for the fallacy that the incidence is the same in every culture and subgroup. Let's not be so cowed into political correctness, that we fail to call out monstrous ideologies when we see them. And let's - at least once in a while - remember to celebrate mainstream American culture and law... which, while not perfect, provide more security and justice than what most of the world's women are forced to accept.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)That's scary.
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)is it in any way similar to the response of hatred & intensified outright bigotry and racist actions against black americans during the tenure of president barack hussein obama?
or, how about the recent win by serena williams and the response of ugly racist demeaning comments across social media?
some people just don't like it when women or people of color are in positions of power. they react/respond with ugly rage.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)hopemountain
(3,919 posts)vengence from the good ol' boys in rural america. further, it is my experience 'good ol' boys' misogyny is present in many cultures and is not solely limited to white culture or american culture. their colors may be different but the thinking, anger, and vengeance is the same.
Beacool
(30,254 posts)The first woman in the world to become president was Isabel Martinez de Peron. She became president of Argentina in 1974 after her husband Juan Peron died. Isabel had been vice president.
A more recent photo.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)It was reported on CNN.
Beacool
(30,254 posts)Violence against women is the scourge of all civilizations.
May Chiara rest in peace.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Beacool
(30,254 posts)It doesn't say much for humanity......
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)BRB vomiting
boston bean
(36,228 posts)One of the most dangerous times for a woman in a relationship that is abusive is when she is pregnant.
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)boston bean
(36,228 posts)that it gets so little attention. Sort of like three women a day killed by their boyfriend or husband is a blip on the radar.
This is why I become very upset when I hear people stating that women here In the US face first world issues. It's just another slap down. I'm fairly confident each victim was probably called a b*tch and/or a c*nt by their killer as well. People just don't seem to want to get it. There is a culture here that is fueled by hatred for women on a large enough scale that it should concern all. Yet when pointing to the tools used to oppress, which include language and bigoted mindsets, it's just the feminists complaining about nothing and overreacting.
sheshe2
(84,101 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)I can't even...
WTF!!!
closeupready
(29,503 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...It fills me with such sadness...and such anger....
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Horrible to think that anyone could do such a thing to another human being.
RIP beautiful Chiara
Rex
(65,616 posts)Only a sub-human creature would do that. There ain't a deep enough pit in Hell, for where he belongs.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Almost ashamed to be human. Horrible.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Stop the promotion of violence against women.
Promote peace and equality.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts).....until I watched that show "COPS" one night.
valerief
(53,235 posts)mother earth
(6,002 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Not only do they cheapen the gravity of the story, but half the aggregators on the internet are copying that style...