Question: Should Women be Jailed for Killing Their Abusers?

Answer:
I would say that circumstances are the deciding factor. Personally, I believe that we are responsible for the choices we make in life. Many women stay with their abusers for what may seem like reasons to them but in my opinion are merely excuses to continue to be the victim and not take charge of their own destiny.

I know it sounds very harsh..but let me explain.

It has become clear to me through life experience that one of the hardest things for humans to do is make decisions for themselves. Life comes with challenges, and to run from them because you are afraid to take the challenge on….means that your world is limited.
It’s passing the challenges that broaden horizons. There is a difference between a victim and a willing participant. As an adult, who has a choice to do whatever they want in life, it is dumb to make the choice to be abused. No way out? Bullshit.

No way out is when someone is holding you tied up in their basement…or has you at gunpoint…but psychological control over someone is given…that can’t be taken.

In short…if the woman has done everything in her power to leave the relationship and gets no help from friends, family the police or anyone…then I think that if it can be proven that they were abused, were in fear of their lives and had absolutely no back up from anyone and that killing their abuser might be their only way out….they should be set free.

But women who allow themselves to be abused to the point where they just can’t handle it anymore and finally crack…should have to face the consequences. People are pushed to their limits every day by influences totally out of their control…Things they can do nothing about…Things in which they have no choice or influence…Choosing to stay with an abuser out of fear of taking a step… cannot be excused just like that.

Furthermore, if society makes it acceptable that killers get “get out of jail free cards” because they were abused…we men are in big trouble…

First off ..who decides what constitutes “abuse”?
How long would it have to go on?

Could a woman kill a guy because he slapped her around after he caught her cheating on him?|

“Abuse” is a pretty broad term… There are many inhumane and incorrect things that we humans do to each other and abusing women is just one of them. If we make the exception for abused women, we have to make the exception for everyone. We would have to say…if someone reaches their boiling point..and a jury can sympathize with the killer and fully understand their reasons for killing the victim…that they should also be able to walk free… We couldn’t limit it to just female abuse victims.

There are many situations I can think of in which it would be understandable that someone kills another person…but it wouldn’t be fair to let just women get away with it while punishing people who may have faced far worse circumstances, OR had a much better reason for killing.

My short answer: Yes. As long as we are not taking every murderers situation into consideration (which I think we should as that is fair) we shouldn’t empower women to be permitted to kill men unless it’s in self-defense.