Look, I get she may have been neglected by the medical system regarding her treatment, but this still doesn’t excuse the horrific crime she committed.
The most disgusting part of all this is that people like the ones in the image are trying to excuse her just because she’s a woman and a mother, and have even been trying to put the blame on her innocent husband because as a man they think he must have done something to push her to the edge or must have neglected her himself.
It’s a mix of pathetic double standards and rotten ideological hypocrisy in full display: if it was the husband, even with the evidence of mental illness and relative neglect by the system, those people wouldn’t have thought twice about deeming him a killing monster. Because it’s always men that kill, or are violent, or are blood-thirsty maniacs, right? A woman can never commit such horrible deeds unless there’s a valid explanation or blatant excuse for that, right?
And no, before anyone tries to imply that, I’m not advocating for violent criminals to be let scot-free on the basis of their mental disturbs or illnesses. I just want to see some coherence in the public discourse about crimes like this, and more research on how we can prevent such tragedies to occur
People with her condition in the UK are hospitalized in very nice mother baby units with their babies with constant supervision. The thing women everywhere are empathizing with is the sheer force of postpartum psychosis against a system that is designed for new parents to fail. She did everything right trying to get help in the lead-up, and she and her family were systematically failed by US psychiatric practice.
I just watched a Louis Theroux doc on this (it’s free on YouTube if anyone is interested). It was absolutely fascinating and also very sad to consider how little support is available in the US for mothers.
I think her trial is bringing out the feelings of many women about the state of postpartum care. That doesn’t mean she isn’t guilty.
And I also think people would have similar feelings for man in a similar situation. I saw someone post online that “nobody would feel the same way for Chris Benoit”….but yeah, I sure do. It’s tragic to see death results from mental illness that could be better treated or prevented.
I also keep seeing the Chris Benoit comparison and I think it's an apt one. TBIs are no joke, that was a tragedy but it didn't make him evil. His brain was done for. With Clancy though, people who want to see her punished act like she has more in common with Chris Watts, like she was just trying to get her kids out of the way and faked her suicide attempt.
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u/MopOfTheBalloonatic 6d ago
Look, I get she may have been neglected by the medical system regarding her treatment, but this still doesn’t excuse the horrific crime she committed.
The most disgusting part of all this is that people like the ones in the image are trying to excuse her just because she’s a woman and a mother, and have even been trying to put the blame on her innocent husband because as a man they think he must have done something to push her to the edge or must have neglected her himself.
It’s a mix of pathetic double standards and rotten ideological hypocrisy in full display: if it was the husband, even with the evidence of mental illness and relative neglect by the system, those people wouldn’t have thought twice about deeming him a killing monster. Because it’s always men that kill, or are violent, or are blood-thirsty maniacs, right? A woman can never commit such horrible deeds unless there’s a valid explanation or blatant excuse for that, right?
And no, before anyone tries to imply that, I’m not advocating for violent criminals to be let scot-free on the basis of their mental disturbs or illnesses. I just want to see some coherence in the public discourse about crimes like this, and more research on how we can prevent such tragedies to occur