Germany records rise in violence against women – DW – 11/25/2024
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A woman is killed by a partner or former partner nearly every two days in Germany. Activists have called on the government to do more to end violence against women.

Summary

A woman is killed by a partner or ex-partner nearly every two days in Germany, with 155 such murders in 2023, according to the first-ever Federal Criminal Police Office report on gender-specific crimes.

Activists and officials are calling for stronger protections, but Germany’s anti-domestic violence law remains stalled in political negotiations.

Women’s shelters lack 14,000 spaces, forcing some victims to travel hundreds of kilometers for safety.

Funding gaps, insufficient legal protections, and high costs deter many from seeking help, perpetuating cycles of violence.

  • lychee🍒@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2310·
    1 month ago

    If it’s actually an important issue to you, why make your grand stand in the comments section of a post talking about a different issue

    • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      124·
      1 month ago

      In all fairness, reactions like yours are probably a reason why. Look, the MGTOW and incels should just fuck off already…

      In this case the subject is related, and a 45/55 split is way less than the disparity in media coverage would have everyone believe.

      The original comment you responded to could have been more helpful to ask for more attention for Domestic Violence in general. But something tells me it would have been met with similar responses.

      Alienating, and ignoring the issues men have that possibly even are a root cause for their instability that leads to DV is also helping women… maybe even more. This is like how poverty creates crime… not ethnicity. It is much more of a class issue than a gender causes violence/victimization issue…

    • rhabarba@feddit.orgEnglish
      1018·
      1 month ago

      The issue is mentioned in the text accompanying the post:

      Activists have called on the government to do more to end violence against women.

      I wish ‘activists’ would finally stop asking which gender the victim belongs to first in their fight against violence.

      • lychee🍒@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        124·
        1 month ago

        This is a fallacy that’s been deconstructed so many fucking times the fact im about to do it again for you makes my tummy hurt a little bit but ill do it anyways

        You’re interpreting that quote as there being either one issue we can globally engage in, or another. But that’s not how it is. You could also go into any thread talking about violence against dogs, or violence against the elderly, or against Palestinians, and make the same annoying pointless whataboutism and you wouldn’t technically be incorrect that violence against men is just as valid, but you’d still receive backlash every time. Why? Because you’re using this issue that’s near to your heart, violence against men, and instead of engaging with it in an honest attempt to improve the situation, you’re simply weaponizing it against others and their cherished social issues to the benefit of literally nobody.

        You put activist in quotes but let me ask you, what op eds have you written? What charities have you donated to, nonprofits have you volunteered for? How many bricks have you thrown? I guarantee you none, because every single time I see someone doing the shit you’re doing, it’s the extent of their “activism,” and THATS where the quotation marks belong, on your shit, not anyone else’s.

        • rhabarba@feddit.orgEnglish
          84·
          1 month ago

          I can both engage in the issue and try to point out bigotry about it online. The sheer fact that the post only talks about “violence against women” instead of “violence itself” makes comments like mine necessary, I’m afraid. It’s saddening to see that not all violence is condemned with the same energy by some.

          • lychee🍒@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            31·
            1 month ago

            No sorry, it doesn’t make comments like yours necessary and if you want to know why scroll up and read again

        • 0x0@infosec.pubEnglish
          43·
          1 month ago

          Now imagine what you’d sound like if my brick hits a woman lmao

      • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
        74·
        1 month ago

        You obviously don’t give a shit enough to become an activist for your own opinions, otherwise you’d be out there too. Instead you’re here hijacking unrelated threads for it. You probably just get off on online controversy like so many other useless trolls.

        • rhabarba@feddit.orgEnglish
          42·
          1 month ago

          You obviously don’t give a shit enough to become an activist for your own opinions

          No, you are wrong. However, it is perfectly reasonable to be an activist and still post on social media sometimes.

          unrelated

          Also no.