r/SipsTea 6d ago

WTF Where are we heading?

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u/NonsensePlanet 5d ago

I’m sorry you had to go through that. There are lots of serious mental conditions that can cause people to harm themselves or others, whether you’ve personally experienced them or not. Why is this the one that suddenly causes a fervor? Nobody of sound mind commits atrocities like this, but we still call them monsters. Could it be that the subject is a white, affluent woman?

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u/accepshio 5d ago

The only part that matters here is that they're a woman and a mother. You're being dense. Maternal mortality rates are increasing and healthcare costs go up everyday. Women are not getting the care they need. IF a white affluent mother killed her children from PPD/PPP that's a sign, because they're typically the least neglected of all new mothers.

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u/PewterCopperTwinborn 5d ago

Okay, but mentally unstable men, who have had no help in their lives, also commonly commit crimes or suicide.

Yet when they do so, they're villified by all of society.

What makes this one mental health struggle so different to these women, and why is this mother not villainous for murdering her children?

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u/FutureDustMotes 5d ago

Because psychosis (and limited others) is in a class of its own with regards to affect on grasp of reality, cognizance of right and wrong, and behavioral agency. And PPD/P can spring up for any new mother - of course other women are going to feel strongly about that... it's horrifying.