A recent murder case involving a woman and her sister being stabbed to death by her husband while on a scooter in New Taipei proves familiar. Namely, there are a number of cases in past years of women being murdered by men. The causes return to weak enforcement of anti-stalking laws in Taiwan...
A murder case in Pingtung last week has led to further calls to strengthen anti-stalking legislation in Taiwan. Namely, the suspected killing is far from the only recent case in memory in which a woman was killed by a man because of inaction taken against stalking, attempted kidnapping, or attempted rape...
A series of murders that took place in the last month have become hotly discussed in Taiwanese society. In deeper examination, one observes that these cases were all committed by men against women, and that these men usually justified their actions on similar grounds. These murder cases, then, ultimately have their roots in toxic masculinity and the normalization of male violence against women in Taiwanese society...
