On August 13, 2019, Michaela Dunn died in her Sydney apartment.
She was murdered, allegedly at the hands of a man who then went on a rampage through the CBD wielding a knife and injuring another woman in the neck.
Michaela also suffered injuries to her neck, but she died from her wounds.
She was 24.
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Violence is not the ultimate expression of sexism. Men are much greater victims of violence overall, so I am not sure how you can get yourself to that conclusion.
And while men are more violent granted, good men (which are most) are also much more likely to put themselves in harms way to help others, as was shown perfectly the other day.
I am not sure what it achieves to turn what was clearly a mental health related incident re the case in question in to a gender based commentary, as if it is indicative of men generally. That would be like drawing attention to the fact that it is mostly women that kill babies, and making out like it is somehow an 'all female gender' issue.
How can you say her profession had nothing to do with her death?
She died at work and was contacted by a religious fanatic directly because of her profession.
I would hazard a guess misogynist men treat sex workers like objects and it further puts them at risk.
I agree that her profession had a lot to do with her connecting to him and absolutely would put her in harms way more than if she was an Administration Assistant or Florist for example.
I agree with you that men (a small minority of which) are the common linking cause to this systemic violence against women. And, in this case, this pitiful man’s beliefs, attitudes and violent behaviour led to another unnecessary tragic loss of life of a respectable woman just living and working another day, just like the rest of us, and, the other women mentioned in this article.
Thank you Gemma for this important article as I hope more people read, share and talk to help shape and change this current culture in our society and demand change from our elected leaders to commit more of their voice, funding and action to this issue to change the ongoing tragedy that heartbreakingly continues...