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it's almost always men doing it to women and children
Small sample size but a member of my extended family shot her husband and then herself (not their girls though thankfully). There's a whole load of crap in there I don't want to go into, but it basically boils down to "unreasonable" (but VERY consistent) behaviour creating or adding to a mental break she couldn't find any other way out of when she was in it and had nobody to see her and help.
There's lots and lots of supposition but ultimately, it's not really possible to know why she planned and carried out this murder-suicide at this particular time, rather than just walking out. It's mostly just fucking horrific that their girls have to start their lives with this. I truly hope that they've been able to learn to live with it.
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Not sure I agree. It happens too often and it's almost always men doing it to women and children. So while there may be a mental health element, something in society is creating/enabling men prepared to do this when the crisis hits in a way that isn't happening to women.
Personally I think there's a sick sense of ownership in these men that makes them think they have the right to take "their" families lives.