Mommie Dearest

Back in the day, I watched Nancy Grace religiously.  Then the Casey Anthony case began and I lost interest.  The wall to wall coverage of every mundane fact made me realize she might just be the "ambulance chaser" as critics have long espoused.  And then came Investigation Discovery, the channel that makes my casual criminologist's heart soar.  One episode of the Wicked Women series was called "When Mothers Kill" or something along those lines.  It was fascinating to say the least.  Yet there has never been a show devoted to daddies killing.  Is it because Mommy is the nurturer and society cannot imagine a woman not loving her children, or *gasp* not wanting them.  I am in no way making light of women who coldly, viciously murder their children, I just wonder why it is a phenomenon that must be singled out?  Everyone is not meant to have children. That goes for men and women.