The unsolved murder of Catrine da Costa inspired the books of Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell. This case shines a light on Sweden’s dark underbelly of sexual violence and misogyny
Thanks for this, Julie. What a horrible account of male violence and of legal neglect of/antipathy women's rights. Reminds me of the legalistic approach being taken here in Australia in Tickle v Gggle and in LAG v AHRC & appeal to the Administrative Review Tribunal. Your article also was helpful in giving me more background on the Nordic model--I feel relatively isolated on the other sice of the world. Very grateful for my feminist networks and the help Substack gives. Keep up your valuable work.
I think usually the simplest explanation is the right one. There should really be some closure, for the individuals involved as much as for Sweden. I wonder if a death bed confession is imminent.
Sweden has also admitted millions of immigrants from countries whose beliefs about women are incompatible with women's rights. Sweden has been suffering from a sort of pathological altruism where they put the rights of immigrants and refugees ahead of the rights of the citizens and society. The men from these countries have helped raise the rate of rape and sexual violence in Sweden many hundreds of percent, while Sweden appears to do little about it. Infamously, a Swedish woman who slapped a man who pinched her bottom was fined $154 by the court.
Thanks for this, Julie. What a horrible account of male violence and of legal neglect of/antipathy women's rights. Reminds me of the legalistic approach being taken here in Australia in Tickle v Gggle and in LAG v AHRC & appeal to the Administrative Review Tribunal. Your article also was helpful in giving me more background on the Nordic model--I feel relatively isolated on the other sice of the world. Very grateful for my feminist networks and the help Substack gives. Keep up your valuable work.
I really learned a lot from this post. Thank you.
I think usually the simplest explanation is the right one. There should really be some closure, for the individuals involved as much as for Sweden. I wonder if a death bed confession is imminent.
Sweden has also admitted millions of immigrants from countries whose beliefs about women are incompatible with women's rights. Sweden has been suffering from a sort of pathological altruism where they put the rights of immigrants and refugees ahead of the rights of the citizens and society. The men from these countries have helped raise the rate of rape and sexual violence in Sweden many hundreds of percent, while Sweden appears to do little about it. Infamously, a Swedish woman who slapped a man who pinched her bottom was fined $154 by the court.
FYI: your photo of female protesters captioned "Swedish feminists" is a picture of Dutch women in the Netherlands ;-) Brilliant article.