{"id":3309,"date":"2007-04-18T06:28:43","date_gmt":"2007-04-18T13:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/04\/18\/domestic\/"},"modified":"2007-04-18T06:28:43","modified_gmt":"2007-04-18T13:28:43","slug":"domestic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=3309","title":{"rendered":"Domestic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days ago an All Black ((Member of the NZ rugby team & God of masculinity in these parts)) who had been discharged without conviction after he assaulted his wife, because if he did that would make it harder to travel and he wouldn’t be able to play in the rugby world cup. One fan said:<\/p>\n

Fan Craig Clapson, at the match with his son, said Sivivatu should be able to play. “I can’t condone wife beating, but from what I’ve read, it was basically a domestic that got a little out of hand and they’ve reconciled.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yesterday, the NZ Herald used the following headline: “‘We thought first shooting just domestic,’ authorities say” (it has now been taken down, but <\/a>Audra<\/a> wrote about it). [Note this appears to be just paper assholishness and not necessarily the opinion of the university or the police, although it wouldn’t surprise me]<\/p>\n

‘Domestic’ is such a tidy way of saying ‘what men do to women who are in a relationship with them doesn’t matter.’<\/p>\n

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World Socialist Website<\/a> has an article: The Virginia Tech massacre–social roots of another American tragedy<\/a>. Lenin’s Tomb<\/a> covers some of the same ground<\/p>\n

Do you want to guess what they don’t mention? Do you want to guess what they don’t think might be relevant?<\/p>\n

It’s not actually that hard to include some feminist analysis, even if you’re a Marxist. It’s true that better minds than mine have been defeated in trying to understand reproductive labour within a Marxist economic framework. But looking at the history of school shootings, and some of the details that have come out about this one, you don’t have to rewrite any Capital to understand that maybe a deeply misogynist society might be playing a part.<\/p>\n

Edited<\/b> Updated to reflect more accurate information – bloody New Zealand Herald.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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