The hashtag #SheWasJustGoingForARun has been trending in response to the murder of 23-year-old primary school teacher Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, Ireland, last Wednesday.

Ashling Murphy: the big problem with the social media response

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The ever-growing list of women who have been lost to male violence are not victims because they weren’t doing enough to keep themselves safe – they’re victims because a man decided to kill them

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“It doesn’t matter what she was doing.”

Ashling Murphy’s murder has prompted an important discussion about the way we talk about victims of male violence