For those who aren't on Twitter, and/or would like a discussion space for this idea, I had a few things to say this weekend about the culture of violent entitlement which underwrote the MPHS shooting, in which a young man shot a young woman who wouldn't date him, so here they are:
![screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'When, WHEN, are we going to have a serious conversation about men's violent entitlement toward women?'](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/apix/twitter83.jpg)
![screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'Dear Men: YOU DON'T OWN WOMEN. '](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/apix/twitter84.jpg)
[Link in tweet goes to this piece.]
![screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'This, too, is misogynist terrorism. That women cannot have agency or assert a right of consent or draw boundaries without fear of violence.'](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/apix/twitter85.jpg)
![screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'The next time you hear some asshole complaining about 'bitches' mixed signals,' think about the women who die for saying no unequivocally.'](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/apix/twitter86.jpg)
![screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'The next time you hear some rape apologia about women who 'don't fight back,' think about the women who die just for SAYING NO.'](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/apix/twitter87.jpg)
![screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'The next time you hear some victim-blaming shit about a DV victim who 'didn't leave,' think about the women who die for turning down a date.'](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/apix/twitter88.jpg)
![screen cap of tweet authored by me reading: 'And if you have even the tiniest, infinitesimal urge to say Not All Men, tell me instead: HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHICH MEN?'](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/apix/twitter89.jpg)
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