Rebecca Cheptegei: Olympic athlete dies days after being set alight by ex-boyfriend | BBC

Lemmy is a quite misogynistic place.

Its often no fun to be a woman on here. They might rip you apart, if you say something slightly feminist (depending on where you say it). Made me think of leaving several times already.

Lemmy is filled with the most opinionated kind of Redditors and Russians it can fit on the servers, it's a moderator miracle it didn't go full incel.

Hopefully it was from the perspective that the comment is not helpful in reducing the number of murders of women.

I don't know, I don't personally see the harm in merely motivational comments or rants. But I thought it might be that.

Not really. Specifically saying "end femicide" is like fundraising for breast cancer treatment, but only for men, who are a small minority of those with breast cancer.

You are over three times less likely to be a victim of murder (in the US at least) if you are a woman, than a man.

There is zero reason to oppose murder of one sex any more or less than the other, and it takes the same amount of effort to voice opposition for both, as for only one. So going out of your way to advocate only for the half of the population that suffers this fate far less often, understandably comes off as sexist and callous, to the objective observer.

Most of the replies you've received are trying to explain that saying "men" are what is wrong with "people" is a generalisation that is unhelpful and harms all men.

It's true that the perp is a man, and it's also true that most violence against women is perpetrated by men. However, that doesn't mean there's a causal link between being a man and assaulting women.

It's much more likely that the addressable causes underlying this "man's" actions are poverty, lack of mental health support, and cultural norms including but not limited to religion.

When you suggest that "men" are the cause of what happened to this athlete, it's not surprising that men will be offended. To thereafter frame the obvious response as sexist is projection, frankly.

Someone needs to learn that "strawberries are fruits, therefore all fruits are strawberries" is idiotic 'logic'.

Basically 100% of parents who have killed their newborns by throwing them in dumpsters are women. Yet I have a feeling you'd magically understand the logical flaw in pointing to those instances and saying "what's wrong with women?", wouldn't you? Maybe something to do with the fact that the vast majority of women don't do that?

It's only your misandry that prevents you from identifying the exact same illogic directed at the demographic you're bigoted toward.

Yeah, it's because he was a man and not a horrible human. Gotcha.

Would you please provide data supporting this stance?

Peace. Don't associate with men. We will all be happier the fewer people you associate with.

It’s insane you’re getting this downvoted. Domestic violence from men against women is a massive global issue, and putting your hands over your ears and saying “ well I’m not the problem” is not doing anything. This problem will never get solved until men take ownership over it and stop it.

No.

Oh boohoo did those mean men downvote you? Just another reason to mandate isolation of genders.

Since i was a boy, i enjoyed the public library but i never understood why they always had loads of "romance novels" in a special section that only women frequented. when i was older it occurred to me to take a closer look and i was appalled. all women are disgusting. /s

Oh stfu. And we could bring up a million other things that are committed mostly by women and you wouldn't say a fucking thing.

Mob justice going wrong? No way!

It's the Exception that proves the rule, is it not?

I wish the majority or at least a lot of people were like Mr. Rogers, but truth is, he was exceptional.

He wasnt human. He was a spirit of light.

What are you, a Hatfield?

Id go with hydroflouric.

Been watching rick n morty i see

Agreed. Star would have implied because of her athletic skill, I meant because of her spirit.

Why just the other day in springfield a woman was covered in pitch and lit on fire down the road from me. /BIG SARCASM

I don't believe the brainworm excuse given by that user but I don't think it's a stretch to see how locality influences these problems.

Yes, sadly islam does happen thousands of times a day in the west. Not so sure about the chronic helminth infestation tho

They have chronic parasite infestation leading to mental retardation. its a medical problem.