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* * Misogyny sparks shooting Issue.1057 June 4, 2014 ‘Tough women’ rise above competition Background Information Detailed Study Misogyny sparks shooting General Questions Elliot Rodger, who was driving a black BMW, is believed to have acted alone in the shootings at about 9:30pm on Friday night in Isla Vista near the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara City College student unleashes a tirade about his loneliness, rejection and unfulfilled desires, blaming women for preferring obnoxious brutes to him, the supreme gentleman.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ Background Information Skimming and scanning: Find the answers to the following quesitons as quickly as possible. Instruction 1.What has sparked a renewed debate on mental wellbeing and gun control in the US? 2.What propelled the killer to commit the crime in most poeple’s mind? But many are blaming misogyny in US mainstream culture for propelling the killer to commit the horrible crimes. General Questions A deadly shooting and stabbing rampage in California has sparked a renewed debate on mental wellbeing and gun control in the US. 3.What do we know about the killer and the crime from the passage? 4. What did Rodger talk of in the YouTudbe video? Elliot Rodger, 22, who killed six people before apparently shooting himself near the University of California, Santa Barbara campus, on May 23, made misogynous comments in videos and his lengthy manifesto. General Questions In one YouTube video, Rodger talked of “loneliness, rejection and unfulfilled desires” and blamed women for throwing themselves at “obnoxious brutes” but rejecting him, “the supreme gentleman”. 5. What does the Atlantic Article comment on Rodger’s crime? 6. Where does the word misogyny originate from? In Rodger’s twisted mind, says an Atlantic article, women are not people, but trophies through which men show their power and worth. Rodger felt worthless because no woman was