Re: Montreal, Kileen, Happy Land, Kenyan school girls, etc.

Linda Purrington (lpurring@earthlink.net)
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:30:20 -0800


There was not long ago a Ms. magazine article on the increasing number
of cases of "domestic violence" in high schools--and the deaths of
teenage girls that had resulted from their trying to break up with their
boyfriends. Many cases were named and located. Does anyboy have access
to Ms. files?
Linda Purrington, Title IX Advocates <lpurring@earthlink.net>

marie De Santis wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We're trying to put together a list of massacres within the last decade
> that targeted girls and women for a demonstration we're having on Monday
> under the banner "SEXISM KILLS GIRLS". Please help add to this list if
> you can. We need a paragraph on each event.
>
> If we work together on this, I think we'll end up with something that
> will be useful to everyone who's trying to educate their community on
> what just happened in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
>
> In addition to the events listed in the subject section above, there is
> the recent massacre of women and children in Chiapas, and targeted
> killing of women in Algeria, and two other recent school rampages by
> boys, who if I remember, were also angry a girl had (dared) break off
> with him.
>
> Anyone having a better memory than me on any of these events, I sure
> would appreciate a paragraph on the details. And if you can add to the
> list, that would be great.
>
> Feel free to re-post this anywhere. If you get a response, please get it
> back to me.
> I'm willing to collate all the information, and then re-post in usable
> form for everyone.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marie De Santis
> rdvjustice@hootmail.com
>
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