Femicide is a large factor in intimate partner femicide, and worldwide firearms are used in one-third of all femicides. Intimate partner femicide, as reported in the media, often is presented sympathetically towards the male perpetrators. Males are seen as "being driven" to commit femicide due to a "breakdown in love attributed to the female". In defense trials, the defense of provocation is often used to reduce the time men serve in prison. This idea of provocation is that any "reasonable man can be provoked into killing by insubordination on the part of a woman." Conversely, women are not often able to
The Killing of Worlds arrested for treason. Immediately before her trial, Laurent shares the Emperor's secret, and she exposes his story to the entire population. The Killing of Worlds The Killing of Worlds is a science fiction novel by American writer Scott Westerfeld. The events detailed below immediately follow those of the novel "The Risen Empire". Imperial Captain Laurent Zai is sent on a suicide mission to defeat an incursion by the Rix, a space-faring nation who worship planet-sized artificial intelligences (AIs). The planet he is protecting from the Rix is home to a newly emergent AI named Alexander, which the local population is