Who Kills Kids? Surprise, Women Win Again!

BinaryShadow · 2010-02-06T22:38:41+00:00

This is a surprising (albeit ridiculously sad) statistic. I just don't understand how you could kill any child, let alone your own.

catlebrity · 2010-02-06T23:42:23+00:00

But don't worry, guys! We're still way ahead when it comes to murder overall!!

In 2004, males were almost 10 times more likely than females to commit murder.

We're number one! We're number one!

plumeria · 2010-02-06T23:45:09+00:00

The title of this post is misleading. Yes, women in the US appear more frequently in statistics of child abuse and neglect but when it comes to murder of children women and men are equally represented.

The statistic referred to in the blog post linked to here does not include children killed in homicide-suicides and familicides. I.e. it only includes deaths where there was a known history of child abuse or neglect. It's fatalities related to abuse. Not murders. And it seems quite obvious that women would be overrepresented in abuse and neglect cases since they are much more likely to be the main care taker of children in America.

Another interesting thing is that infanticide has decreased during the past 40 years in all parts of the world except USA. The US has an extremely high amount of child murders compared to other developed countries1. Also it's relevant to note that women kill infants and men kill children. I.e. new borns are more likely to be killed by their mother, but school-age kids are more likely to be killed by their father.

A little nuance there for you. I think it's pretty sad to make this terrible crime perpetrated by both women and men in to a gender bashing issue (i.e. "Women Win Again!").

plumeria · 2010-02-07T01:07:32+00:00

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FreddyDeus · 2010-02-07T01:56:55+00:00

But it's the father's fault for not stopping them.

plumeria · 2010-02-06T19:20:03+00:00

And as a preemptive strike against the feminists who will claim that this has nothing to do with men's rights: If feminists didn't claim that women are better at raising children and that fathers are dangerous to kids, maybe the "family" courts and the laws surrounding child custody wouldn't be so very biased against decent men. This is just one example which highlights why feminists are just plain wrong when they claim that women are better at raising children and use it to take away the rights of men to their children.

Ashali · 2010-02-06T21:35:24+00:00

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Title	Who Kills Kids? Surprise, Women Win Again!
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Date	February 6, 2010 7:17 PM UTC (16 years ago)
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