Ms. Magazine
Femicide is a Pandemic of its own
In a place where homicides linked to gender are frequent, the virus is our society and the way we normalize the murder of innocent women.
I was born and raised in the border city of Juarez, Mexico. My city is known for its violence, drug wars, and femicides—women murdered because of their gender. I grew up seeing the death count on the morning news and the accumulation of pink crosses to signify the death of another female. I would ask my family why.
Why are all these women being murdered?
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