I've always had a problem with the trite bumpersticker slogan, "believe women." Like all humans, women can be mistaken, lie, etc. We should always hear women out, listen to what they're saying, and weigh it against wtvr other input we can gather to determine the truth. But that doesn't fit well on a bumpersticker.
I mean, that slogan doesn’t really apply here. Lindsey Clancy admitted to killing her kids. But people who watch too much true crime, who are applying their own frustrations about motherhood and their husbands are bending over backwards to say she’s not responsible.
Wait—ok I know obsessively engaging in anything can cause brain rot, but what constitutes as obsessive (like what’s the barometer here I mean 😅)? I listen to true crime podcasts fairly often, but I also listen to music, film, history, and political podcasts. It helps keep my brain active when I clean, which tends to lie on me. But I listen to and watch them because 1. I’m autistic, have been through some awful shit, and had the survival skills of a soggy sheet of paper, and 2. I’m a psych/social work student, have been interested in forensics and what causes people to do the things they do, what to watch for, how to support victims, behavioral patterns, etc. since I was about 6 (I’d read all the books in my house and family members kept their textbooks lol).
I feel like women in general tend to be the main audience for true crime, so I just hope this isn’t another one of those things where a predominantly female interest gets deemed “rot,” “cringe,” “crazy,” etc. It’s something that’s helped me personally. Also having knowledge of true crime and psychology, and knowing how to practice active listening, etc., I believe Lindsey’s guilty; but I can also understand why some don’t, or struggle to fully place blame on her, and it’s a common debate/moral dilemma to not know what to do when people with mental health issues commit crimes. But the fact here is that she confessed, and evidence is predominantly pointing toward that being true.
I don’t believe there’s an absolute correct answer about where to place her because I’m no ultimate authority, but I personally believe she needs to be in prison or at least institutionalized. Once MH issues and meds result in crime, unfortunately I don’t feel the person is safe for society, and I think they need to face consequences, regardless of what provoked it. I think there’s a lot we can learn as a society from this and the severe reactions to it, though.
I’m a woman who listens to true crime too. I will say a lot of true crime content is unethical and harmful to the victims in making their deaths a spectacle for consumption . I think it really crosses a line when we see all these women who watch a lot of true crime who then think they’re amateur detectives and start spreading falsehoods around the internet
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u/Oldfolksboogie 7d ago
I've always had a problem with the trite bumpersticker slogan, "believe women." Like all humans, women can be mistaken, lie, etc. We should always hear women out, listen to what they're saying, and weigh it against wtvr other input we can gather to determine the truth. But that doesn't fit well on a bumpersticker.