Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

ismnotwasm

(41,973 posts)

16. Exactly

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 04:21 AM

Jan 2013

As the article points out, violence against women is so the norm, that prevention is focused on women 'protecting' themselves, and ignores the larger issues of the whats who and whys and hows of perpetrating violence and what can be done to end it---not just avoid it and treat it as some sort of natural consequence of being a woman.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

23 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

A Rape a Minute, a Thousand Corpses a Year. Hate Crimes in America (and Elsewhere) [View all] redqueen Jan 2013 OP

k and r niyad Jan 2013 #1

thanks redqueen for this. bench scientist Jan 2013 #2

Rape and other violence against women should be prosecuted as hate crimes meow2u3 Jan 2013 #3

I agree. redqueen Jan 2013 #4

+10.000 smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #10

excellent article. will get back to a reply after drop son off at airport.... yea. nt seabeyond Jan 2013 #5

It's amazing, isn't it? redqueen Jan 2013 #6

one vanity kick redqueen Jan 2013 #7

seems to me too that this is an important issue BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #12

Exactly ismnotwasm Jan 2013 #16

If it was abiut a single event, redqueen Jan 2013 #17

Thank you for posting this- coffeenap Jan 2013 #8

I would say it is my pleasure... redqueen Jan 2013 #9

K&R, Great OP. smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #11

This ismnotwasm Jan 2013 #13

Powerful stuff. redqueen Jan 2013 #18

Kick! Heidi Jan 2013 #14

The southern poverty law center has a map of hate groups in the u.s. see if there's any okaawhatever Jan 2013 #15

K&R MadrasT Jan 2013 #19

Thanks! redqueen Jan 2013 #20

Thank you for posting this! OldEurope Jan 2013 #21

That's a separate, and complicated, issue... redqueen Jan 2013 #23

And another OldEurope Jan 2013 #22