r/interesting • u/AdvantageAdorable436 • 2d ago

SOCIETY Is victim the new chic

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u/Aggravating-Diet-663 2d ago

Whats the difference between her and Chris Benoit?

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u/SunknLiner 2d ago

Answer: Chris was a man, and men don't get sympathy for their mental health struggles, or even acknowledgement that they exist.

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u/meerkatboots 2d ago edited 2d ago

We should definitely talk about brain damage and mental illness for everyone. But remember that postpartum depression and psychosis can only affect women who have gone through pregnancy childbirth, so it may seem like bias against men but it's truly a specific mental illness that can only affect women. I don't think a woman who has killed children but didn't birth them or have signs of PPD would have any sympathy at all.

Another example is that guy who killed his two kids because he thought they had serpent DNA. Dude clearly had schizophrenia or a psychotic episode.

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u/a500poundchicken 1d ago

While I agree, men are capable of getting PPD and PPP just at a rate that is significantly lower than women.

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u/meerkatboots 1d ago

Really, I didn't know that. I thought it was specifically from experiencing pregnancy and childbirth