It was later revealed that prior to the killing spree, the man had been watching the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings on television, including Anita Hill's sexual harassment testimony. I hate feminists. The killer then took his own life. It was later revealed that the killer was denied admission to the engineering program at the University. That same FBI report found that a woman is beaten by a husband or boyfriend every 15 seconds.
Violent attack is the number one threat to the health of American women.
The federal government responded to this crisis with two pieces of legislation addressing gender-based bias crimes. The Jonesboro killings shocked the nation because of the young age of the perpetrators. With the pervasive messages about violence against women in our culture, we should not be surprised that teenage boys have adopted these messages into their consciousness. Instead of initiating a study of violence in the nation's schools, Janet Reno should be instigating a nation-wide, mandatory curricular component into the nation's elementary schools that addresses violence against women. For, as we have seen recently, violence against women is quickly becoming violence against girls.