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Well, they do point out an interesting trend. For example, "Femicide" is a hot topic right now in Mexico. "10 women are murdered every day", you'll frequently
by hombre_fatal 6y ago
Well, they do point out an interesting trend.
For example, "Femicide" is a hot topic right now in Mexico. "10 women are murdered every day", you'll frequently see mentioned in infographics shared on Mexican Facebook over the past year. There are marches and protests against femicide.
Not to say that public attention should never focus on the ordeals of any specific group that doesn't hold the #1 prize in victimhood.
But the thing is that you will read all these headlines and start to wonder what Mexico has against its women, and that life here must be especially tough for women when it comes to staying alive. When Mexico comes up in conversation, you might start mentioning things like "oof, really hard to be woman there right now!"
Eventually, you might not realize that men are the victims of 90% of all homicides in Mexico.
- at_a_remove 6y agoI recall someone blurting out in horror on a forum that, gosh, a fourth of homeless people are women. How horrible. (I would later see this as an "aghast!" infographic in a newspaper) It's a bit like the UN's tweet in "support" of International Men's Day. Read it. It's bitterly amusing.
- MattGaiser 6y agoThe UN tweet for anyone interested: https://twitter.com/UN/status/1329441047940898817 https://twitter.com/UN/status/1329441047940898817
- tremon 6y agoEventually, you might not realize that men are the victims of 90% of all homicides in Mexico. Given the new definition of femicide, shouldn't the figure be that 100% of homicide victims are men?