Woman murders son, commits suicide to spite estranged husband

What a disgusting story. How could somebody do this? Loving mother, huh?

Of particular note here, is that the media labeled the mother 'Evil" rather than the typical sympathetic excuses rendered for mothers who murder their children.
Is this a sign of progress for our awareness raising efforts to dispel the myth of the beleaguered angelic mom?

GR

manonthestreet

I can not say this woman was evil. I think she was deranged. It does happen. Women do go insane, and insane people do terrible things. The media always like to present things in simple terms that make easy headlines. They do this to men all the time and we object. Let's be consistent; rotten media is just that - rotten.

She is evil. She took a child's life in the name of revenge. If that isn't evil, I don't know what is.

So when the media gives their typical sympathetic excuses a rest...an MRA uses them instead??

You have to be a bit deranged to want to kill people - regular people just don't go around killing.

Does that mean she wasn't evil? Hell no! Being deranged is not an excuse. Having a vagina is not an excuse.

Fine, she was deranged AND evil.

manonthestreet

Actually I don't really want to split hairs on whether this is evil or deranged or both. The worry I have in the back of my mind is that some in the MM seize on this type of event to try to make a point. This is fine and I don't argue with it. But there is a problem in so much that if you want to show women up by comparing who does the most terrible things then on balance men will loose. For example although this is an awful crime I can recall men doing the same thing on a number of recent occasions. That is killing their children and the committing suicide. This is often done using carbon monoxide poisoning using the exhaust from cars.Another recent case tool place in Northern Ireland where the man is supposed to have killed his five children his wife and then himself. Then there was the case of a man who jumped from a high balcony with his two children. One was killed but he survived. The court( in Greece) ruled that he was unbalanced at the time and I believe he is out of prison now. My point is that if crime is used as an argument then the chances are that feminists will always be able to out bid.

When there is an event like this there is usually a counter attack by the feminist media high lighting male crime. Just wait a few week you will see this happen.

The MSM is neither an ally nor an enemy, they are also not neutral. The MSM jumps on the popular train and rides it to the bank.

Right now, we are seeing less pro-feminist bias from the MSM and in time, we will see a clear pro-men's rights bias. We can continue to fight against the MSM even when it supports our POV but isn't that like shooting ourselves in the foot? The MSM is a powerful ally.

The fact is, some behavior is considered evil no matter the gender. When men do these things, the MSM calls them out and we don't defend these men. Why then, would we defend this woman? Supporting the MSM when they "get it right" is not hypocritical (just in case you were thinking that).

I don't think I recall an incident of a man receiving sole custody then murdering his children. Usually a man that kills his children is about to lose custody or already has, or the household is intact. But I've never heard of a custodial man killing his children, even less to spite his ex-wife whom he wrested custody from.