Talk:Filicide

Would fictional filicides, such as the death of Lavinia in Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare), be of interest in this article? --zandperl 19:57, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I think that would be great. (In a separate section of course.) - Hephaestos|§ 19:59, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Why does this article say "Filicide is the act or fact of a parent, especially a father, killing his or her own son or daughter" when a (slim) majority of filicide actually occurs when a mother murders her children? See http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/wo.txt which says

Between 1976 and 1997 parents and stepparents murdered nearly
11,000 children.  Mothers and stepmothers committed about half
of these child murders.  Sons and stepsons accounted for 52% of
those killed by mothers and 57% of those killed by fathers. 
Mothers were responsible for a higher share of children killed
during infancy while fathers were more likely to have been
responsible for the murders of children age 8 or older.

(Of course, that's in the U.S. for a specific time -- is there support for the notion that this is a father-specific crime worldwide and that the father does this without guidance or cooperation from the mother or in conformance with social norms?)

--mcl