A national emergency
Violence against women a ‘national emergency’ in England and Wales, police say
Two million women are estimated to be victims of violence perpetrated by men each year in an epidemic so serious it amounts to a “national emergency”, police chiefs have warned.
Crimes including stalking, harassment, sexual assault and domestic violence affect one in 12 women in England and Wales, with the number of recorded offences growing by 37% in the past five years and the perpetrators getting younger.
Really? Oh well, never mind. Now let’s talk about the persecution of our trans sisters.
The NPCC report, which analysed official data, said:
- One in six homicides in England and Wales are linked to domestic abuse, or 100 out of the 590 homicides in the year to March 2023.
- 20% of all police-recorded crimes – more than 1m offences a year – count as VAWG. These include sexual assault, stalking, harassment, domestic violence, and controlling and coercive behaviour. The true total is estimated in the report to be twice as high.
- Recorded cases of VAWG increased by 37% between 2018 and 2023, now running at 3,000 offences a day.
- Perpetrators are getting younger, dashing hopes that violence against women may reduce markedly as time passes.
Things have become much worse for women and girls over the past five years. I wonder why. I wonder if it could be partly because of the obsessive attention paid to men who pretend to be women, and/or the flagrant loathing and contempt directed at women who refuse to pretend that men can be women.
The Guardian talks about Andrew Tate-style “influencers” but says nothing about the bullying and abuse of women by the trans communinny and its fans.
Or its own participation in that bullying abuse owenjones through its editorial stance and style guide.
Shorter BBC:
“Don’t look at the abuse coming from us, look at those abusers over there!”
In a somewhat relevant case, I was at court this afternoon on a hearing related to my dad’s estate. There were several arraignments that occurred before us. The person accused of animal cruelty was informed it was a felony, subject to prison time and/or a fine. The person accused of child neglect was informed it was a felony, subject to the possibility of life in prison, and/or a fine.
The man accused of domestic abuse was informed it was a misdemeanor, subject to up to one year in prison and/or a fine – much smaller fine than any of the others.
Beating up women, apparently, is only a misdemeanor in Oklahoma (why am I not surprised?).
As for the reasons for why VAWG is on the rise, I think definitely the abuse from the trans community plays a role, but I also wonder how much role is played by the constant pearl clutching about women finishing college at higher rates, how there are no longer male OB/GYNs, that women now outnumber men in this or that or something else…I bet that has a lot of role in it, too.
A liberal friend (white male) was recently complaining about how white males couldn’t get a break anymore. This in spite of the fact that he recently retired from a good job in a field that had traditionally been (and still is) woman dominated, where the supervisory jobs are strongly tilted toward men. (He was an academic librarian.)
Remind me again of the number of abusers and murderers of UK women who were/are UK Police.
Unfortunately, here in the Great Land Downunder, we don’t fare much better. Male violence against women and girls is rising and too much leniency is still shown.
Irene McHugh isn’t Moffat’s only victim, just the one unlucky enough to have a near death experience at his hands. In addition, he threatened other women during robberies, assaulted a male pedestrian, stole cars, drove dangerously and had an extensive criminal history of assault and theft charges, including previously being jailed for punching a man after he didn’t like the advice he gave him in the courthouse.
So, here are three cheers to him spending 20 years locked up. Oh, wait.
Words fail me.
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