Do femicides really exist?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

There are still societies that rid themselves of unwanted female infants by exposure or some other equally gruesome method. This seems the most unarguable form of femicide. The infants arem't killed for standing up for their rights or for economic reasons or for committing some crime or other. They are killed because they are female.

There are also serial killers who prey on exclusively female victims.  They do so from various motivations, but their victims are chosen because they are female, no other reason.

I fail to see the logic in your comment. The same would apply for men. And I don’t see the direct relation between following rules and being murdered

GS's logic is pretty clear.  If rules are imposed on a woman for no other reason than that she's a woman, her murder for breaking those rules would be femicide. I don't know how you can't get that.

So...yes.

Boru