Referring to murders of women as “femicides” can help stop the erasure of the ongoing murders of women and the larger social patterns connecting them.
of femicide or gender related killings of women and gender-based violence against women, through the establishment of national multidisciplinary prevention bodies.”
And yet despite increasing global awareness of a growing problem, the U.S. continues to obscure the gendered nature of femicide by not naming it. Making the distinction between homicide and femicide is not a superficial issue; it is an urgent necessity. It allows us to see the pressing reality of patterns in the murders of women, which are obscured when the media focuses on only a few select cases, usually white “good girls,” who become only isolated, tragic stories.
Using the language of femicide allows for law enforcement and others to collect data and statistics on gendered murders. It allows the public to see differences and similarities in women’s vulnerability, based upon other aspects of identity like age, race, ethnicity, ability and sexual orientation. It enables the legal system to reform the justice process by which crimes are prosecuted. It bolsters efforts to build support for and among victims’ families and friends.
From necessary inclusion in the congressional reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act to our own social media posts, it is time we join the broader world, call femicide what it is and create laws against it.
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