Facebook Group Incites Violence Against Women

There is a plethora of groups on Facebook - everything from good-humored competition with our American neighbors as to who can have the biggest group dedicated to setting a world's record for biggest group. There are groups for funny teacher quotes, cheap eats, and some useless ones like, "If 10,000 people join this group I will name my firstborn Spider-Man."

It was with shock that I heard about a group that was supposedly endorsing and congratulating violence against prostitutes, specifically a group out of Winnipeg called, "For those people who have thrown something at those lovely girls on Higgins."

I went to their group and read with complete horror and with tears in my eyes wall posts about throwing things at women on the street. One said he threw eight slurpees at one girl in a day and the "stupid b*tch never moved." Another threw Timbits donuts at women and enjoyed throwing them as he “got good aim.”

These people were praising each other, egging each other on to do more, and calling prostitutes every derogatory name in the book. One group member apparently had a sister who was on the streets and said she went into a rage every time someone confused her with her sister. The words she used to describe her own sister were appalling and she went to say how she herself threw things at the girls on the streets. It was truly nauseating.

When one of the girls who formed the group was interviewed, she said things had gotten out of hand...that the group was just a way of protesting prostitution in their town.

By throwing things and the most marginalized on the streets!? Do they think by shaming them, they will leave the streets?