Misogyny and excuses?

As the facts become known about the man who used a rented van to killed 10 people in Toronto and injured many others last week April 23, 2018 the reasons become a chilling reality.

Is there a ‘why’ did this happen? Yes. Distorted masculinity and a warped culture of male privilege which is at the heart of the attack in Toronto and 30 years ago at the Ecole Polytechnique massacre. There is no doubt there is some psychological personality disorder involved in these attacks. However to deny the evidence provided by the perpetrator minutes before the attack and the hatred of women by a small but dangerous group of dysfunction males is to deny reality. No excuses.

If you need a further example look at the way Bill Cosby’s accusers were treated as they spoke up over the years, threatened, fired and ruined careers. Until the reality of the numbers of victims could not be ignored. He was found guilty,  “… of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home near here 14 years ago, capping the downfall of one of the world’s best-known entertainers, and offering a measure of satisfaction to the dozens of women who for years have accused him of similar assaults against them.”

The triple murder in Ontario by Basil Borutski ‘blamed the women’ for his misfortune in life. No accountability for his how choices and actions.

‘They were guilty’: Man charged in triple murder details killings in chilling video

Fixing this problem requires changing how popular culture views women, which I believe is happening with the attention of #MEtoo however there is a long way to go!

 Those who deny it are part of the problem.

We cannot allow  ‘excuses’ to be the blanket that covers the real reason for violence against women,  “MISOGYNY”.