We are in no shortage of active, provocative, violent male politicians in this country. However, it is a retired 78 year old woman who is murdered in her own home. Counter terrorism asked why the local police force were so quick to rule out terrorism as a motive. Anyone has yet to mention femicide.
This is not surprising, of course. Male violence against women is a key pillar of our political system. How else do we perpetuate violence onto other groups? Onto immigrants, POC, transexuals, Jews, Muslims.
If there aren't 'bad' men to hurt women how are the 'good' men supposed to protect them? To have dominion over them?
To call it femicide would be to call attention to the true cause, not the politically useful cause. It would be to undermine the foundation of this country.
A life time of service to the right wing and her murder will be forgotten by her peers once they realise they can't politicise it for their chauvinistic agenda.
I will not grieve Ann Widdecombe for the vile person she was. But I will grieve every victim of gender based violence. I will grieve in a world where women being murdered in their homes by men is commonplace.















