Social media personality Jhaedee Richards, more commonly known as Jaii Frass, is urging Jamaicans to place their attention on ending violence in general, rather than simply highlighting instances of violence against women while violence against men goes underreported or not publicised.

In recent times, the highlighted reports of violence against women have resulted in some people on social media voicing the opinion that violence against men does not get an equal level of or as much attention as that against women.

Our Today observed this conversation arising again over the weekend when it was reported that social media influencer Aneka ‘Slickianna’ Townsend’s body was found floating at Reading in St James.

Joining the conversation, Jaii Frass, charged Jamaicans to change the culture surrounding violence and called for its end all together.

In a video posted to his Instagram and TikTok accounts on Monday (October 24), he commented on the highlight of violence against women, posing many questions to Jamaicans.

“When unuh seh stop the violence against woman and kids, weh unuh a promote? Weh unuh a seh, man suppose to dead?” asked Richards.

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He then went on to state that it was recently reported that two policemen died in the line of duty and there was “no outcry from the country”.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force reported on October 16 that Police Constable Brian Martin, a 22-year-old, was killed while on duty. Four other persons, including a 10-year-old, were also injured in the incident.

A few days later, on October 21, it was reported that Corporal Oliver Mullings was killed in the line of duty on October 20.

“Jamaica is a small country and we average 1,000 murders. Yuh feel like seh if the violence just stop against woman and kids the violence nah guh continue? Weh unuh a promote?” he asked again.

He then posed another question to Jamaicans, asking why 1,000 men can be killed and there is no line drawn but, as soon as a woman or a child is killed, that is where the line is drawn.

“When a man dead people feel it, even if them mix up inna badness them funeral still full ’cause people did love them. Make we try change the culture and just stop the violence,” Richards pleaded.

Jamaica is a small country, he noted, and yet it is among countries with the world’s highest murder rate every year, he added.

“Unuh feel like a woman and pickney a the problem?” he asked again.

Using statistics and local news articles he also made the claim that men are being affected by violence more than women.

But, overall Jamaicans should just focus on stopping violence, he added.

The latest reported murder of a woman was Townsend on Friday morning (October 21). She is among four female social media influencers to have died this year and whose deaths were highlighted by the media.

These include Donna Lee Donaldson, Lexian Williams, Aneka Townsend and Shauna-Kay Gayle, also known as Legendary Lasco.

Of the four, only two are being investigated as murders.

In the investigation into Townsend’s suspected murder, Rushane Patterson has been identified as a person of interest.

Donaldson disappeared under mysterious circumstances in July and is believed to have been killed. Her body has not been found.

Her boyfriend, Police Constable Noel Maitland has been remanded and charged.

Williams was among three people killed in a motor vehicle crash on the North Coast Highway in Spring Hill, Trelawny in March.

Gayle is believed to have committed suicide in the apartment of a female lawyer in New Kingston, St Andrew in August.