We need a #womenslivesmatter movement. The news really depressed me today. There was the case of this young girl getting killed by 4 boys in Liverpool, the '23-year-old HR advisor whose body was found in a country lane in Leicestershire', the 'woman, 26, found bound and gagged in a lake in 1987 in Buckinghamshire as well as the kidnap and rape of a 16-year-old girl in Berkshire', all committed by the same man, and of course the 'raping and murdering 11-year-old girl - and killing her brother, 13, their mother, 35, and friend, 11, at a sleepover', in Derbyshire. There was an AIBU thread on the latter, and that just got deleted, because it's not allowed to 'discuss ongoing court cases on mumsnet'.
Fair enough, but come on: we're supposedly living in a civilised society, yet women are seemingly 'fair game' for any jilted husband, depraved stepfather, or random group of boys in the town centre.
How can we feel safe, be safe? How can we change men?
Hopefully, since this is is the feminist part of mums net, we won't get any NAMALT comments. Something needs to change:
- tougher punishment for 'early indicator' offences like indecent exposure, 'domestics' etc
- some sort of early education that makes boys/men rethink.
But can we target this effectively? Yes, it's not all men. What is driving this 'minority' (is it actually a minority???). Has this been looked into? Is it porn? Computer games? Male role models?
I want to know so I can do something about it 