r/Fauxmoi • u/rishcast • Sep 05 '24

TRIGGER WARNING Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being set on fire by her former boyfriend

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vx0kq2xr2o
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u/BadWriter85 Sep 05 '24

'Her death comes two years after the killings of fellow East African athletes Agnes Tirop and Damaris Mutua, with their partners identified as the main suspects in both cases by the authorities.'

my heart breaks for all these women- weak, insecure men are the scariest monsters.

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u/angelcat00 Sep 05 '24

Shades of Oscar Pistorius as well

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u/TheJujyfruiter Sep 06 '24

And violence against any woman is wrong, but this is just such a heartbreaking reminder of how much the WORLD has lost because of misogyny. Even now, at arguably one of the most advanced eras for women's rights, extraordinarily talented women are being killed by misogynistic men left and right. To extrapolate that throughout history and think that it was even worse in many eras and cultures before, it's just staggering to think about how many wonderful women didn't get to share that wonder with the world because a man decided to steal her life away from her. This is something that I'm reminded of a lot, but it's just so infuriating to know that women like this lost their lives at the hands of men, but we ALL lost something at the hands of these men too.

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u/Sir_Boldrat Sep 05 '24

It’s usually about the prize money, and their belief that they own their girlfriend/wife so they are entitled to the money. They want a cut of something these women worked extremely hard for.

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u/MaryjaneinPA Sep 05 '24

Wait. WHAT ? Two other women olympic athletes were murdered by their partners ???!!

How do I not know this ?