“Men’s Lives Matter Less? “Among the Dead Were Women and Children””

“Singling out “women and children” is especially common in this reporting. Sometimes it happens when they’re disproportionately affected (“Dozens killed in Aleppo; mostly women and children among the dead”), but even when men are disproportionately affected—which is very often—it’s still generally “women and children” whose victimization is singled out. I consider this an example of male disposability and finding the suffering/death of men less distressing than that of women (and children).”

“Men’s Lives Matter Less? “Among the Dead Were Women and Children””

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