Enola
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So - where's the help? where's the help that they can find or be put into even against their will to save their children from theirselves? As it stands: unless you present a clear and present danger they can't put you away and give you care unless you consent to it. How's that for senseless - sort of works against the purpose of having treatment available, doesn't it?“I’d say a mother kills a child in this country once every three days, and that’s a low estimate,” says Cheryl Meyer, co-author of “Mothers Who Kill Their Children.”
ARGH!
Whenever this happens it really pisses me off to see people so "Oh my god, a mother killed her child!"
I thought that mental health care was getting better in this country,
I am NOT saying that mental health disorders make people violent.
We claim to be a compassionate society but where is it?
Can you just put a hand on someone's shoulder, say "how are you" with sincerity in your voice, call the authorities when you hear someone being thrown against the wall in the apartment next door, or offer to watch someone's kids while they go for a walk? Lets all do that instead of walking by the homeless guy huddled by the heating grate outside the state office building.
I don't know how to do that multi-quote thing yet as I only joined this site the other day... but Neo, it pisses me off how women are made out to be so much more horrific when they kill a child than men are. It sickens me how we don't support these women who are doing their best and then when they fail in some way we wonder why. Where is the mental health parity? There are long waiting lists for seeing mental health professionals, prescriptions are ridiculously costly, and we still stigmatize by thinking people with mental illnesses are more violent than the general population and do not have worthwhile contributions to society.
That said, yes we did see a recent incident with a man killing his boys, but who do you remember more Susan Smith or Jerry William Jones, Andrea Yates or Charles Rothenberg?
I Remember Scott Peterson more than all those.
He was so "guy next door". Their child would have been beautiful, I can't fathom what drove him or what he was feeling when he did it, where does that anger / unfeeling come from?
It should be equal. My point is that women are crucified as being more evil for doing the same thing men do. It is equally horrifying. It is the "boys will be boys" mentality. When men commit a crime it is not surprising to people. It just seems that when women kill it is more sensationalized.
I'm sorry, I'm on a rant this evening.
It should be equal. My point is that women are crucified as being more evil for doing the same thing men do. It is equally horrifying. It is the "boys will be boys" mentality. When men commit a crime it is not surprising to people. It just seems that when women kill it is more sensationalized.
I'm sorry, I'm on a rant this evening.
It should be equal. My point is that women are crucified as being more evil for doing the same thing men do. It is equally horrifying. It is the "boys will be boys" mentality. When men commit a crime it is not surprising to people. It just seems that when women kill it is more sensationalized.
I'm sorry, I'm on a rant this evening.