Posted by
Cyberpip on Friday, July 28, 2006 12:35:29 PM
There is a myth predominate in our western society that spreads beyond race, creed, culture that women and basically mothers can do no wrong. That women are careing, loving, tender creatures who would sooner die than harm their children. And they can be. But they are also part of humanity and as such can be cruel and yes, evil. Such is the curse of being human. Yet that is not the popular view of womanhood. That is the view that comes from our hearts, not our minds. It is a view that is held by conservative and liberal both, by feminists as well, though with other views on that position as well. But all in all, the basic view of women is that they can do no wrong and are basically good and if they do wrong, they are redemable and if they do evil, they must be insane. If it had been Andrea's husband who had chased their kids around the home, one by one, drowning them while they faught for their lives, asking their father what they did wrong, if it had been "him", he would have been condemed by all as evil with no question. And he would have been held responsible. As men are usually always found to be responsible for their actions. Yes, the insanity plea has been used by men in the past and been found not guilty and likely will be used by men in the future. But it is a rare man that is able to use that defense and win.
As such, if it had been Andrea's husband who killed their kids, he likely would have been facing the death penelty today and why his ex-wife has been found not guilty. The view that men are capable of evil while women are not. And that view has been pressed home quite successfully by the feminists for the last 40 years. And this weeks verdict of Andrea Yates and the resulting commentary by many in the media and others that the decision was right and just.
I think she should be facing the death penalty. She is evil and should pay for that evil. Insane she might have been, but she should still be held responsible just as many men in the past have been held responsible for similar crimes. Yet she has the chance of walking free sometime in the future. Its too bad that she took all choice and future away from her children.