White Ribbon Campaign

It is a shame that the political debacle, and protests for or against prorogation, prempted the dreaded anniversary of the December 6th massacre at Ecole Polytechnique. I wrote about it in 1992, under my married name. I wrote about this issue before in this blog, but it requires a reprisal.

What I think we can conclude is that these husbands, lovers and boyfriends are not obviously sick and violent to others. At least, that is what Mr. Vallée concludes. The violence is specific and targets the women, who have little defense. The men go on-line and in chat rooms share information about how not to leave marks. They work at not revealing their anger except in the intimate relationships in their lives. They are angry with life, their failures, their jobs, or lack thereof, and take it out on defenseless women who lack the wherewithal to defend themselves.
Another statistic: a woman is dead, her husband charged with murder.

It is time to step up.