Infanticide: contrasting views
Infanticide: contrasting views
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杀婴：相反的观点
DOI：
10.1007/s00737-005-0067-y
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发表时间：
2005
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通讯作者：
Margaret G. Spinelli
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作者：
Margaret G. Spinelli
背景：杀婴的主题遇到了复杂的反应。矛盾的是，同样实行性别选择的社会也可能起诉杀害婴儿的母亲。作者回顾了关于婴儿的历史、文化和政治观点。目的：以安德里亚·耶茨的案例为例，阐述了美国司法系统中一起杀婴案件的结果，在这起案件中，一位精神错乱的母亲被判终身监禁。这项工作探索了当代世界范围内的杀婴经验，并调查了文化对造成婴儿死亡的这一悲惨原因的原因、促进和惩罚的特定态度。这部作品展示了一个社会的父母和母亲的构建与其婴儿经历之间的错综复杂的关系。结果：杀婴深深地植根于发生杀婴的社会，并对其做出反应。原因多种多样，从贫穷到耻辱、嫁妆和精神错乱。从中国和亚洲为性别确定提供便利，到在美国将母亲作为肇事者处决，世界各地的婴儿谋杀案都有发生。结论：必须把杀害婴儿放在忽视妇女的社会的政治、文化、社会和法律背景下来看待。它反映了管理母亲身份的社会和文化规范，一个将这些看似不同的行为联系在一起的常量。杀婴与犯罪、产后疾病、人口和性别选择的总体联系说明了对妇女和儿童的不公正歧视。作为一个世界社会，我们可以在保护母亲方面做得更好。
SummaryBackground: The subject of infanticide is met with complex reactions. Paradoxically, the very same society that practices gender selection may also prosecute a mother for killing an infant. The author reviews historical, cultural, and political views on infanticide.Objective: Using the case of Andrea Yates, the author illustrates the outcome of an infanticide case in American Judicial System in which a floridly psychotic mother serves a life in prison. This work explores contemporary worldwide experiences of infanticide and investigates culture specific attitudes towards causes, facilitation, and punishment of this tragic cause of infant mortality. The work illustrates the intricate relationship between a society’s construction of parenthood and mothering, and its experience of infanticide.Results: Infanticide is deeply embedded in, and responsive to the societies in which it occurs. Causes vary from poverty to stigma, dowry and insanity. The worldwide experience of infant murder reaches from facilitation of gender determination in China and Asia to lethal execution of mothers as perpetrators in the United States.Conclusion: Infanticide must be viewed against the political, cultural, social and legal backgrounds of societies that treat women with disregard. It is a reflection of social and cultural norms governing motherhood, a constant that links these seemingly disparate acts. The overall association of infanticide with crime, postpartum illness, population and sex selection speaks to unjust discrimination against women and children. We as a world society can do a far better job of protecting motherhood.
与生育相关的情感和精神疾病的症状学。
影响因子：
6.6
作者：
Wisner,KL;Peindl,K;Hanusa,BH
通讯作者：
Hanusa,BH