Shockingly , it does bother me when women aren ' t held accountable for murdering their own children because of shaky claims of mental illness . Ok , but why did you need to inject the issue of gender into this ? The story was about a mother who murdered her kids , and people called her crazy for it . I ' m not saying that ' s necessarily the correct medical diagnosis , but I ' m pretty sure people weren ' t saying those things just because she ' s a woman , which is what you suggested in your original comment . So why did you feel it was so incredibly important to jump into this discussion and exclaim that the only reason people are calling her crazy is because she ' s a woman ? I ' m pretty sure if a man murdered his own kids , plenty of people would call him a nut case for doing so . People aren ' t calling her crazy because of the women are wonderful effect , they are calling her crazy because the thought of murdering one ' s own children sounds insane to a lot of people , man or woman .