Thursday, April 06, 2006

why the double standard

I have been seeing quite a bit in the news recently regarding a murder in the US. A women killed her preacher husband. Today one of the headlines read "Why did she kill her husband?"

Why is it when a man kills a woman, there is no question as to 'the why'. Yet when a woman kills a man.. they ask that very specific question. Shouldn't that question be asked no matter if it is a man or woman committing the crime?

Think about it. If the time was taken to ask that question every single time a man commits a violent act against a , we would better understand violence against women, and in fact... we may be able to actually stop it.

1 comment:

viki said...

I suppose they ask "why" because they find it hard to believe a woman would kill her preacher husband, after all, should she not be blessed by such a union? People seem more fasinated with the inner goings on of a murder committed by a woman simply because it does not happen as often as men killing. Men kill .... pass the coffee.