Macho terrorism
There was a big rally in Madrid today to protest violence against women.
The rally, organised by feminist groups, was attended by representatives of all the main political parties.
Activists dressed in black [lay] on the ground to remember hundreds of women murdered over the years in what they described as “macho terrorism”.
They said laws against domestic abuse should be extended to include all violence against women.
Isn’t violence against women kind of last century? Kind of second wave? Kind of over?
A survey carried out by the European Union last year estimated that 13 million woman in Europe experienced physical violence in 2013.
But statistics and surveys suggest the problem is less prevalent in Spain than other European countries, our correspondent says.
But he adds that violence against women is high in the public’s conscience in Spain, and the rally has succeeded in reasserting the issue on the political agenda – only six week’s before an unpredictable general election.
Has anyone figured out how many of the women had it coming?
That shouldn’t be too difficult. I’m sure they ALL had it coming. After all, men aren’t going to hit/rape/kill women for no reason, they must be provoked.
/snark
It’s about time it started being called what it is: terrorism. Its purpose is the same as all terrorism: control of whole populations by fear. And “macho” is the perfect word. It’s about power and “man cards.” Nothing else.
They didn’t happen to mention how many of those victims were transwomen, did they?
No?
@Oenotrian
Why would that be more relevant than the number of black or poor or other women who are not privileged along some axis that is not the male-female axis?
If we accept the statement “trans women are women”, why would it be more necessary to specially mention “trans” as a characteristic than any other?
@Sonderval
Because that seems to be the trendy thing to do these days.