Sunday, June 22, 2014

Is it worse when a woman is murdered?

Hand cannon lighted by a hot iron rod being fired from a stand, manuscript by Konrad Kyeser: Bellifortis. Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2° Cod. Ms. philos. 63 Cim. 1402-1404.
Women are among those who suffer most from gun violence in the US,” writes Dagens Nyheter today.
Yes, this is true. There is only one group that suffers more. Men.
Using the lowest estimate, roughly 6,500 American men are shot and killed each year, and 2,000 women. This means that 77 percent of victims are male and 23 percent female.
Then why are only the women newsworthy in DN?
(Sources: U.S. Bureau of Justice and National Center for Health Statistics).

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