Marc Lepine By the age of twenty-five French-Canadian Marc Lepine had developed a deep and bitter hatred of women; or, more accurately, he was peeved because they did not like him. And, to be truthful, the cause was not difficult to identify - Lepine had a fanatical obsession with war and violence, and it showed; though he had a number of girlfriends none of them hung around for very long, and ...

The Violence Against Women lobby has turned the Marc Lepine shooting into a touchstone for female anger. However, that anger is bigoted and misdirected.