Femicide occurs in the Southeast and Southwest areas of the country. The perpetrators of femicide are most often the husbands of the murdered woman, followed by boyfriends and male paramours on the side. They tend to be of the same race as their victim, but generally older. The act is most often carried out with firearms, followed by knives and beatings. Feminists view the American attitude towards love as one of the reasons these intimate partner femicide occur. Feminist Hildegard Peplau states that Americans are sentimental about love and that they de-emphasize the cultural forces that shape whom you love and
The Society of the Friends of St George's and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter officers are assisted in their duties by its Board of Trustees. The society members join in nominating a trustee to the foundation board, and are assisted in the society duties by its Friends' Consultative Committee. All society members support its mission with their annual, ten-year or life contributions. Every member receives: Every friend member is also given a personalized written Membership Certificate which bears an illumination of the patron saint and dragon known as The George, and is signed by the Dean of Windsor; and a college heraldic badge which bears the heraldic shield of St George's Cross. Descendant members