Maybe, maybe not. (I orginally put "sure she would"..but, changed my mind). They didn't try to make a living Barbie doll out of Burke...., dressing him up, putting makeup on him, putting him in pageants, having picture after picture taken....because he was a boy...BUT, I still believe that Patsy flew into an alcohol induced rage attack on JB, ...maybe Patsy had one too many cocktails at the White's christmas party (she admitted to drinking "a couple"....but, how big were the glasses? And was she telling the truth about how many she had?)...and flew into an alcohol induced rage attack on JB, because JB soiled her bed, OR she wanted to stay up and play with her toys...whatever the reason....I believe that Patsy flew rage attack, and didn't intend to harm JB. I believe the reason that she was a "handful" is because her parents made her that way. If she had of been a boy, AND had of been just as spoiled as she was (as a girl)...and the same scenario happened that night with her/him...I believe that its possible that she would still be dead. I do not think that Burke was as spoiled as JB was, though...and maybe because of this...if JB had of been a boy she WOULD still be alive today. It would have probably depended on how they would have treated her, IF she had of been a boy. I believe that they loved her...and that she wasn't being molested at home...because of all of the dr's visits. Would you take a child that you didn't love, that was being molested at home...to the dr. as many times as Patsy took JB? Or even at all??? This is why I believe that it they didn't "mean for this to happen".