Cameroon / Femicides - The Patriarchal Self Murders the Other to Preserve Its Own Image

Event Baseline: At least eight women were killed in one week in Cameroon, sparking outrage.

The male self, threatened by the independent existence of the female, resorts to annihilation. This is not passion; it is the logical endpoint of a thought system built on hierarchy and ownership. The illusion of the 'self' as separate and superior demands that the other be controlled. When control fails, the self becomes the murderer. Every act of femicide is the self attacking its own reflection in the feminine. The system is not a malfunction; it is operating exactly as programmed. Until the image of the 'man' is seen as a mental construct, the killing will continue.