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We seem to love to search for reasons why women kill, while ignoring any reasons why men kill other than, "All men are bastards at heart."
From Aileen Wuornos to Karla Homolka to a book called "She-Devils" talking breathlessly about the "unbelievable" world of female killers, we as a society seem hell-bent (sorry) on excusing women's violence. Wuronos even had a film made about her by two men who subtitled the work, "The Making of a Serial Killer," taking Wuornos' word for it that she was driven to kill by a past of abuse and the need to defend herself. I even just now found out that someone has made a stage play about her life (check out http://www.wuornos.org). Wuornos later told reporters, just before she was executed, that she hated men and had killed her victims for sheer enjoyment.
Fortunately the worst excesses of twisted thinking don't seem to be accepted in the larger society. When Kelly Ellard was arrested for murdering Reena Virk after Ellard and her girl-gang brutally beat Virk, the whole girl-on-girl violence was explained by a U.B.C. Women's Studies professor as indicative of the oppression of women. "This is what oppressed minorities do," she opined, "unable to free themselves from oppression, they turn inward on themselves." In the end, Ellard the killer was given a relatively light sentence (she's out now), while Warren Glowatsky, the only boy involved, was given a harsher sentence (he's not out). However, so far as I could see, the professor's warped view of the world, while reported uncritically by the press, was not endlessly repeated as an "accepted explanation." A cheer for small victories.
Writing to the Globe is a good idea. The piece is as revoltingly apologetic as anything else I've seen. I'm betting that we'll see a lot more of this before society starts to consider female violence as serious as male violence.
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by Anonymous User on Tuesday April 29, @12:27AM EST (#3)
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Right now, female violence is MORE sirious than male violence. Because NO ONE will exept female violence as REALITY.
When a cancer goes un-checked, the ONLY result can and will be that it will SPREAD rapidly.
We are already seeing this, now
"That which will not be acknowleged, cannot be changed."
-Thundercloud.
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by Anonymous User on Wednesday April 30, @01:24AM EST (#6)
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I got this reply to my comment about media double-standards and question of why the author felt the need to humanize the killer...
I agree that our society does have double standards about what is
considered domestic violence. I believe the woman who ran over her husband
with a car should have been thought of as an abuser. (Imagine a man who
kills his wife after he discovers her cheating.) So on that level, I do
agree with you. However, in this case, where so much remains unknown, I
must tell you that the huge number of people --- dozens and dozens who
didn't even know each other ----described Mitchell as "an angel," even
before they knew why I was calling, even before they knew she was dead. It
was truly extraordinary how people thought of her. To me, that deepens the
mystery of what happened. That is truly how she was perceived by so many,
and is still perceived, even after the killing. I can only report what I
find, and I assure you, that is what I found.
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by Anonymous User on Monday April 28, @05:34PM EST (#2)
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what can I say about this one...wow!
My letter was sent.
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This woman killed a doctor at Mass General
Hospital and then committed suicide. When the story broke, the media took days to point out that a woman had actually done the killing as the police were reluctant to charge .her with the murder
Sure, maybe the police are going easy on her because she is a woman - but let's give them the benifit of the doubt and assume they didn't charge her because she is a corspe.
I mean heck, even if they get a jury of twelve to convict her, how are they going to punish her? Even the death penalty isn't much of a deterent if you're already dead. Sheessh!
--- panlet ---
Yes, I do know I overuse italics.
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by Anonymous User on Tuesday April 29, @03:02PM EST (#5)
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Yes you are...
If the police suspected that the reverse had happened, the media would have reported immediately that a high ranking doctor had "allegedly" killed a "lowly" female hospital worker and the usual “male must be cheating and went into a jealous rage” theory would have likely unfolded.
The BIG point here – the one that you have COMPLETELY missed - is that the Globe would never have run a story about how great of a person a male killer was (especially if his victim was female).
Perhaps you should have some coffee before posting your stupidity here...fool.
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