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The Vanishing Men of Vancouver Island (www.dismantlethemedia.ca)
submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by rabber@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

We are finally talking about this now eh? I lost a cousin over 12 years ago, vanished into thin air. Nobody cared. Especially the RCMP. Much like all these guys. A few posters and a lazy facebook post was all my beloved cousin ever got.

My favourite part of the article is this:

National statistics reflect a severe and often overlooked reality regarding violence against Indigenous men:

Between 1980 and 2012, Statistics Canada documented 1,750 Indigenous male homicide victims, compared to 745 Indigenous female homicide victims.

In this timeframe, 71% of all murdered and missing Indigenous people were men and boys.

According to 2020 Statistics Canada data, Indigenous men are seven times more likely to die by homicide than non-Indigenous people, and four times more likely than Indigenous women.

We hear so much about missing indigenous women. I had no idea the stat for men was 4 times higher. Why doesn't anyone care?

There is almost certainly an active serial killer operating on the mid island for years now, and I hear random people saying this more and more. Sadly we are on our own over here it seems.

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[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago

It was always a lie, they want advantages, not equality.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Fuck off. No, "they" don't want advantages. Try speaking with a woman in real life, you might find they are normal people!

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago* (last edited 12 minutes ago)

I'm taking about feminists, not women. Those happen to be two different groups.

Despite the rhetoric, the implemented and championed policies often produce advantages, not equality. They don't advocate for men. They don't consider the impact on men. They don't care about men. Many feminist leaders refuse to do these things with cruel pride, loudly, and to great applause.

They cannot be advocates of equality while focusing only on creating advantages, rights, preference and greater resource access for women exclusively.

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