Texas is the state that persists in falling near to last in child health and welfare—cruelly failing the tiny beating hearts already under its jurisdiction. Their incompetent governance has no business reforming abortion law.
Texas is the state that persists in falling near to last in child health and welfare—cruelly failing the tiny beating hearts already under its jurisdiction. Their incompetent governance has no business reforming abortion law.
I wish Statista had normalized the states according to population in rates per 100,000, like they have done in their other graphs of femicide. As is, it shows the bluest of blue states to be about as dangerous for women as the reddest of red states.
I apparently didn't see it. I worked with a county Medical Examiner who had noted a statistically significant occurrence of murder/suicides in our county carried out by men against their domestic partners (some married, some not, all of them women). He has researched and published it (at least at the level of regional Medical Examiners) and I had the opportunity to talk to him about it at a class we attended together on suicide intervention. I was able to tell him about several that he had missed (investigated by my agency) including one of mine where the instigator missed the murder part by less than an inch before killing himself in front of her two sons.
He and I are both retired now, but I will share this link with him.
Ally, femicide is a grim, "under recognized" statistic. My mention of it yesterday was to bring awareness of the fact that the open gun carry with no licensing is sure to cause a significant up tick in occurrences.
I also posted Women Count a database compiled by Dana Wilcox, a nurse in Texas. Wilcox began Women Count "after the killings of Cecil the lion and Harambe the gorilla. There was such outrage over the animals’ deaths, and while Wilcox is an animal lover, she didn’t understand why there wasn’t the same level of concern for murdered women. “People are starting petitions and they’re marching and I’m like I just heard about three women killed today, what about them?”
It's sickening that people value the lives of women so little, but it's not unexpected. Not citing femicide, glossing over or ignoring the occurrences of femicide is a horrible reality and part of the misogyny baked into our daily lives. Texas's decisions on abortion and guns reflect the official position that women and girl's lives don't matter.
The work you and your associate did in the field is important. Thank you.
PS - Ally, it's unreasonable for me to expect people to weight information and statistics with the same significance that I do. Everyone has their own triggers and levels of "alarm".
So, let's give men more permission to openly carry a gun. All the better to shoot women accused of looking for an abortion. The hell with the $10,000. (Can you tell I'm pissed?)
Texas is the state that persists in falling near to last in child health and welfare—cruelly failing the tiny beating hearts already under its jurisdiction. Their incompetent governance has no business reforming abortion law.
Texas also leads the US in femicide.
Where is that ANGRY emoji.
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https://www.statista.com/statistics/327462/women-murdered-by-men-united-states/
Thanks! I actually posted that yesterday and interestingly it went pretty much unnoticed. I was surprised, to say the least.
There were almost as many comments yesterday as likes. I missed your post and I invested some time in them. Stats like that need repeat posts. 🙂
Morning, Daria!! I saw that you posted it yesterday. Seems timing is everything!
Morning, Lynell! Seems so.
I wish Statista had normalized the states according to population in rates per 100,000, like they have done in their other graphs of femicide. As is, it shows the bluest of blue states to be about as dangerous for women as the reddest of red states.
Yes, it's odd that the US stats aren't as defined as those of other regions.
I apparently didn't see it. I worked with a county Medical Examiner who had noted a statistically significant occurrence of murder/suicides in our county carried out by men against their domestic partners (some married, some not, all of them women). He has researched and published it (at least at the level of regional Medical Examiners) and I had the opportunity to talk to him about it at a class we attended together on suicide intervention. I was able to tell him about several that he had missed (investigated by my agency) including one of mine where the instigator missed the murder part by less than an inch before killing himself in front of her two sons.
He and I are both retired now, but I will share this link with him.
Ally, femicide is a grim, "under recognized" statistic. My mention of it yesterday was to bring awareness of the fact that the open gun carry with no licensing is sure to cause a significant up tick in occurrences.
I also posted Women Count a database compiled by Dana Wilcox, a nurse in Texas. Wilcox began Women Count "after the killings of Cecil the lion and Harambe the gorilla. There was such outrage over the animals’ deaths, and while Wilcox is an animal lover, she didn’t understand why there wasn’t the same level of concern for murdered women. “People are starting petitions and they’re marching and I’m like I just heard about three women killed today, what about them?”
It's sickening that people value the lives of women so little, but it's not unexpected. Not citing femicide, glossing over or ignoring the occurrences of femicide is a horrible reality and part of the misogyny baked into our daily lives. Texas's decisions on abortion and guns reflect the official position that women and girl's lives don't matter.
The work you and your associate did in the field is important. Thank you.
https://womencountusa.org/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/11/the-nurse-tracking-americas-epidemic-of-murdered-women
PS - Ally, it's unreasonable for me to expect people to weight information and statistics with the same significance that I do. Everyone has their own triggers and levels of "alarm".
So, let's give men more permission to openly carry a gun. All the better to shoot women accused of looking for an abortion. The hell with the $10,000. (Can you tell I'm pissed?)
Yeah, I can tell you're pissed - that was pretty much my comment yesterday...more guns, more dead women. All for a lousy 10k.
I guess Texas has monetized women's bodies. I would have never believed this.
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