Best post Vmmking, well done for ‘calling’ it here and the Sherin Matthews thread. I think, for the latter, especially, the majority of posters are also mothers and the judgemental expectations of ‘mother’ have added vitriol, alongside all the indoctrination of the overtly patriarchal society.
From a country where the (grieving) Chamberlain parents were accused, tried and convicted. (It was the dingo!) The trial by media and now here, trial by SM is salient. Here, there is no doubt of culpability (though of course currently ‘alleged’
, but LTs family’s comments, photos and her actions 16- are easier to latch onto. The much quieter in-laws, his employer and aloofness in photos are much harder to infer anything (nefarious or evil) from. Though I consider both equally responsible in every way.