Why is it that when a woman is murdered it’s called femicide and blamed on sexism, but when a man is murdered people assume there was a reason?

[Anonymous]

[Agape93]

It's only called femicide when the vast majority of murders in an area are women. Hence the cide in femicide, which is the mass killing women like in South Africa or China. If a woman is just killed in a normal place, it's just a murder.

[Dargil]

It is just quibbling with words. Our entire species is homo sapiens.. it is natural to create the word homicide to mean killing humans.

[slatyb]

Because most often there is -- women rarely murder because of unrequited attraction.

[CherryLove007]

male ego hits different

[slatyb]

Many are raised with a sense of entitlement, and the idea that if they are persistent they can get any woman they desire. When they are rejected, they feel that they have been cheated of their birthright.

[msc545]

Because only women count. Men do not count. How do you not know this?