Hours After UCSB Shooting, Man Allegedly Shot At Girls (women) For Refusing To Have Sex With Him

[warrior1]

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/05/26/3441640/california-man-allegedly-fired-at-girls-for-refusing-to-have-sex/

A California man allegedly fired his gun at three women Saturday morning who refused to have sex with him and his friends.

The women, estimated to be between about 18 and 19 years old, had gone to the home of three men late Friday night in the northern California town of Stockton, according to Stockton Police. After the men asked to have sex and the women refused, the men kicked the girls out, Stockton Police Department Public Information Officer Joseph Silva told ThinkProgress. When the women started to leave, multiple shots were fired, but none of the women were injured, Silva said. The women fled the area to a nearby Buffalo Wild Wings, where they called police.

All three girls corroborated the story, according to Silva. The security guard in the building also heard the shots and called the police independently. Silva said eight shell casings were found at the crime scene, but the men cannot be found. He does not know whether the gun was possessed legally.

The suspected gunman is Keith Binder, 21. But police have not yet arrested or charged him, saying the case is still under investigation and Binder has not been located. Two other men were at the scene, but police only know their nicknames: “Little D” and “Little Eggy.”

snip

Damn

[LeftyMom]

1. Nothing to see here, definitely not misogny, move along.

Does somebody want to come tell me how this guy was crazy and his obvious motivation isn't worth discussing?

[seabeyond]

2. yup. just.... move the fuck along. hm. nt

[NutmegYankee]

3. Why do headlines keep calling women "girls".

It comes off to me (I'm a guy) as demeaning to women, but it persists in society. Somehow it seems all men are called "men".

[PeaceNikki]

4. Thanks. I hate that, too.

[LeftyMom]

5. It's definitely too informal to discuss victims of attempted murder.

Knowing the area (and having googled the suspect because this is right in my back yard) it's quite likely that the victims were women of color, which adds an extra dimension of ickiness in infantilizing them.

[NutmegYankee]

8. infantilize - that was the word I was looking for.

I agree. The shooter probably also thought of the women as objects of desire and not as sentient beings and reacted on not getting his way by trying to harm them. It's sick, but far too common.

[redqueen]

6. Because anyone objecting to it is laughed at and ridiculed.

The patriarchy is dearly loved and protected by most. Referring to women as girls is just one of myriad tactics to ensure its continued existence is not threatened.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. Yep. The only time adult men aren't called men is when one commits a "youthful indiscretion."

As in, the middle or upper income 18 year old male who beats up someone after a sports event or who kills someone with his car while driving recklessly.

Now a 16 year old low income male, particularly one of color, who commits either of those "indiscretions" will be called a man.