Women dies in
Cuenca by her husband
The “Guardia Civil” has arrested this Saturday morning
a 48-year-old man who presumably, has killed his wife in the town of Villanueva
de la Jara (Cuenca). The arrest has occurred around eight in the morning,
according to the sources from the Government Office, who stated that there are
no previous complaints about abuse by the mother; mother of two children, aged
six and eleven years. The man has been taken to the Hospital of Albacete for a
posible suicide attempt.
During the
1950’s, the role of women in society was not very important , as men were the
ones which worked outside their homes and brought the money, whilst the women
had to do the housework and care about their children. But since then, things
have changes dramatically; nowadays the role of women in society has increased,
as they can work in a good payed job and participate in many social activities,
such as voting in political elections. Nevertheless, there are still some cases
in which men feel superior than the women, which is the case of this terrifying
news; the man is driven away from his anger and blames it on his wife, until he
killes her, and then he feels so sorry because of his actions, and soon
after,he attemps to comite suicide.
People in their
village, thought that the were a good and tranquil family, as they had two
children and the women never complained about any abuse. We could imagine that
the abused women, didn’t do anything, as she would had felt submitted by his
husbands threats.
I find it very difficult to understand these cases: a man with no apparent history of violence or sexist behaviour who kills his partner. Perhaps this is less 'sociology' (the effect of his culture, beliefs, attitudes, upbringing, etc) and more 'psychology' (personal chemistry, ways of thinking, etc). I certainly hope so as this would make the whole event more unique and less likely to happen again to others.
ReplyDelete