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Grandma Who Survived Great Depression Casually Drops That She Once Killed Man For Mayonnaise (theonion.com)

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[–] flicker@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago (11 children)

A lady confessed to killing her first husband.

She said that he was wonderful, kind, caring, right up until she had her firstborn. Then he struck her.

She said she killed him (while he was sleeping), buried him in the garden, and that night she moved "the next state over." She married a different man (who claimed he fathered her firstborn) and they had many years and many other children together.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 58 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

someone ran up the numbers once and one effect no one talks about with the availability of divorce is how fast the male spouse death rate went down. Seriously, I think it was something staggering like a 75% drop.

There have always been a lot of women who won't put up with that bullshit.

[–] Ansis100@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you maybe have a source? This sounds like a very interesting read

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 24 points 1 month ago

Found it!

https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/when-women-kill-their-partners

It was a 71.4% drop btw

Figure 9.3 shows that the number of males killed by intimate partners dropped by 71.4% between 1976 and 2002. Researchers and advocates for battered women attribute this dramatic decline to the widespread availability of support services for women, including shelters, crisis counseling, hotlines, and legal measures such as protection and restraining orders. These services offer abused women options for escaping violence and abuse other than taking their partners' lives. Other factors that may have contributed to the decline are the increased ease of obtaining divorce and the generally improved economic conditions for women.

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