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that the nature of femicide is contingent upon the
cultural, economic and social character of the society
Rise in Latin America
it is one which has seen a dramatic increase in recent
years. 3 In this article we suggest that femicide is an
in the community and in their relations with the
machismo masculinity. Femicide represents a
away from traditional female roles. These are deaths
that cause no political stir and no stutter in the
them, and the perpetrators go unpunished. 4
raped and murdered women on waste ground on the
Femicide is
issues. Protests and attempts at progress in fact
to perform regional studies to compare trends in
women die each year as a result of femicide or other
since 2001.
destroy property in order to threaten the enemy.
These criminals represent a new group of perpetrators
category of femicide as a hate crime against women. 7
out. Similar crimes are also reported elsewhere in the
were found with their legs open as a demonstration
of male power; and two young women were found
dead with a message to the former presidential
instance homo- sexual men or transsexuals, are at
does not underlie the murder of men on the whole.
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