Jealous husbands the biggest culprits in spousal murders, study finds

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Jealous husbands the biggest culprits in spousal murders, study finds

 

 

HUSBANDS WERE the killers in most of the murders committed by spouses last year, a senior official at the Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation said yesterday.

 

Jaree Srisawat said: “In 117 cases, we have found that husbands murdered their wives in 84 such cases and related persons in 17 others.”  She added that in the remaining cases, wives were the murderers.

 

She was referring to statistics that were based on stories that appeared in 13 major newspapers in Thailand last year.  “Most of the wife killings took place because husbands were jealous or became estranged,” Jaree said.  She presented the findings at a forum held to address the problem of domestic violence. 

 

A 33-year-old woman told the forum that she had endured assaults for more than seven years in the hope that her abusive husband would one day change. “But I was wrong,” she said.  She said her jealous husband used both verbal and physical violence when he was drinking or taking drugs.  “Battering was common. And once, he stabbed me in the stomach. The injuries were so serious that I spent more than 20 days at a hospital,” she said.  

 

She said every time she still got back to him, but not the last time when he attempted to stab her in the head with a knife. She used her hand to protect her head and ended up sustaining serious ligament damage.  To end the painful cycle of violence, she took legal action against her ex-husband, who is now serving a jail term for his crime.  “Yet, I still live in fear out of worry that once he walks out of jail he will re-start the cycle,” she said. 

 

Photo from : http://www.thaihealth.or.th

 

Speaking at the same forum, Thai Health Promotion Foundation’s deputy manager Dr Bandit Sornphaisarn said there was a significant link between alcohol consumption and crimes.  

 

“More than half of those younger than 25 years old said they committed the crimes after drinking,” he said. He was referring to a survey of 880 prisoners who were convicted of physical assaults and murders.  

 

Bandit said a 2015 survey by the Centre for Alcohol Studies showed 82 per cent of respondents were adversely affected by people who drank alcohol.  

 

“They feel insecure when there are people drinking around them at a public place,” he said. “Some have said drinking people also cause loud noises disrupting their rest at night.” 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30327440

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-23

[Thaiwrath]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

“Some have said drinking people also cause loud noises disrupting their rest at night.” 

I've been known to snore now and again, after a few scoops ! 

[DavisH]

Why does the photo show a western woman cowering in fear, when the article is about Thailand? Perhaps a little more realism is in order. 

[rkidlad]

And this is a result of parents and schools not educating their children on how to deal with their feelings. 

 

I can understand people getting angry. It even happens to me rarely. But I've never thought of resorting to violence. People who resort to violence are weak. 

[Cadbury]

4 minutes ago, DavisH said:

Why does the photo show a western woman cowering in fear, when the article is about Thailand? Perhaps a little more realism is in order. 

Interestingly there is nowhere in the story where it specifically says Thai men or Thai women. It certainly implies the story is about Thai men being the attackers and Thai woman being the victims but they just can't bring themselves to say those specific words. Adding the western woman photo only adds to the disguise that it is a story about Thais.

The only reason I can think of is that it some form of self censorship and if the word Thai was mentioned it might bring shame to the Country and the military might not like that.

 

[ramrod711]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

 She said her jealous husband used both verbal and physical violence when he was drinking or taking drugs.

Sounds like a penile replacement surgery might be on the calendar for that man. I would never beat my wife, I have to sleep with her.

[mikebell]

Thai men are great at fighting women or farangs in a gang of eight versus one.

[OmarZaid]

This is a family problem. I knew a woman whose sister married an abusive fellow. When the women in the family found out, they weigh laid him in an alley on his way home from work and beat the crap outta him. -- The women did it. They told the men to stand down. -- He never touched her again. They are still married, and that was 20 yrs ago.

[yellowboat]

'Pick on somebody your own size" is what we were told growing up.  Bullying was considered shameful and weak. 

[ezzra]

A mindset of  local jealous husband: let's kill the bitch first

and than i'll ponder what will be left out of my good for shithouse

life or what ever left out of it now that i have proved that i'm the man....

[Loaded]

2 hours ago, DavisH said:

Why does the photo show a western woman cowering in fear, when the article is about Thailand? Perhaps a little more realism is in order. 

'Realism' to many nowadays is that the white male did it regardless of reality.

[Eric Loh]

The study is keeping silence of the number of wives doing a bobbit of their husband organ. 

[Senechal]

 

The primary means for a woman killing a man are poison, or to hire another man to do the dirty work.

 

The primary means for a man killing a woman is direct physical violence.

 

The former is frequently not detected or prosecuted.  The latter frequently is.

 

This study is crap. It starts with cases for which there is already evidence of murder. That's already a subset of the total data, and it's biased.

 

 

Edited September 23, 2017 by Senechal

[ramrod711]

4 minutes ago, Senechal said:

 

The primary means for a woman killing a man are poison, or to hire another man to do the dirty work.

 

The primary means for a man killing a woman is direct physical violence.

 

The former is frequently not detected or prosecuted.  The latter frequently is.

 

This study is crap. It starts with cases for which there is already evidence of murder. That's already a subset of the total data, and it's biased.

 

 

There is no excuse for killing anyone, by beating, poisoning or hiring someone else to do it. Having said that, if a man is beating a woman he isn't a man, he's a coward.

[Bob12345]

14 minutes ago, Senechal said:

This study is crap. It starts with cases for which there is already evidence of murder. That's already a subset of the total data, and it's biased.

Great point, didnt think of that.

 

Maybe the RTP is only able to catch the husband in case he did it, in all other cases it is too much work and they just give up. Hence, those murders are not included in this statistic.

[DM07]

In other unrelated news, a study found that water is wet!

[Get Real]

3 hours ago, DavisH said:

Why does the photo show a western woman cowering in fear, when the article is about Thailand? Perhaps a little more realism is in order. 

That comment must be the lowest out of insecurity I´ve ever heard. It´s just a picture that has relevance to the article. 
Also the picture is so unclear, so how you with a 100% certainity can say that it´s a western woman is also very peculiar.

I can agree it might look like that at first sight, but you just can´t know for sure with that picture.

Edited September 23, 2017 by Get Real

[Bluespunk]

13 minutes ago, Get Real said:

That comment must be the lowest out of insecurity I´ve ever heard. It´s just a picture that has relevance to the article. 
Also the picture is so unclear, so how you with a 100% certainity can say that it´s a western woman is also very peculiar.

I can agree it might look like that at first sight, but you just can´t know for sure with that picture.

Normally I agree with you, but here I have to say that picture in the middle of the story was not the best choice. 

 

I find it odd they needed to add a picture there at all, never mind one of a Caucasian woman. 

Edited September 23, 2017 by Bluespunk

[hansnl]

3 hours ago, DavisH said:

Why does the photo show a western woman cowering in fear, when the article is about Thailand? Perhaps a little more realism is in order. 

Keeping up appearances........

[holy cow cm]

Black man figure is Putin

 

[Ridge]

Look at the nose. Farang scum beating women. Who needs a confession when you have a visual ? Heuh ?

[Senechal]

2 hours ago, ramrod711 said:

There is no excuse for killing anyone, by beating, poisoning or hiring someone else to do it. Having said that, if a man is beating a woman he isn't a man, he's a coward.

What did that comment have to do with anything?  I certainly hope you're not inferring I said otherwise.

 

Thanks for the moral clarity.... ?

Edited September 23, 2017 by Senechal

[TheLobster]

1 hour ago, DM07 said:

In other unrelated news, a study found that water is wet!

555 And also, Jealous wives the 2nd biggest culprits in spousal murders, study finds 

[Bluespunk]

3 hours ago, TheLobster said:

555 And also, Jealous wives the 2nd biggest culprits in spousal murders, study finds 

As there are usually only 2 spouses...

[Katia]

9 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Normally I agree with you, but here I have to say that picture in the middle of the story was not the best choice. 

 

I find it odd they needed to add a picture there at all, never mind one of a Caucasian woman. 

News media often like to find a picture, any picture, of slight relevance to the story... (if I had a nickel for every time the local papers in the U.S. recycle the same stock photo of a police car's lights because they can't come up with anything else and feel the need to have a photo... on any given day I can read 5+ stories with the same photo at the top.)

 

And, I'm sure the stock-photo companies skew heavily caucasian.  Probably a matter of "this what we can get" rather than a political statement on nationality or race of the actual people involved.

[TheLobster]

10 hours ago, DM07 said:

In other unrelated news, a study found that water is wet!

My reply:

 

8 hours ago, TheLobster said:

555 And also, Jealous wives the 2nd biggest culprits in spousal murders, study finds 

Your comment:

 

4 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

As there are usually only 2 spouses...

Difficult to figure out if you are trying to be smart or funny ...... Either way you've failed. Perhaps English isn't your first language?

[Bluespunk]

22 minutes ago, Katia said:

News media often like to find a picture, any picture, of slight relevance to the story... (if I had a nickel for every time the local papers in the U.S. recycle the same stock photo of a police car's lights because they can't come up with anything else and feel the need to have a photo... on any given day I can read 5+ stories with the same photo at the top.)

 

And, I'm sure the stock-photo companies skew heavily caucasian.  Probably a matter of "this what we can get" rather than a political statement on nationality or race of the actual people involved.

This was from thaiheath though. 

 

Very odd choice. 

[mauGR1]

8 hours ago, TheLobster said:

555 And also, Jealous wives the 2nd biggest culprits in spousal murders, study finds 

Don't forget the ladyboys !

[Bluespunk]

14 minutes ago, TheLobster said:

My reply:

 

Your comment:

 

Difficult to figure out if you are trying to be smart or funny ...... Either way you've failed. Perhaps English isn't your first language?

Hmm, a poster (you) points out women are the second largest group who commit spousal murder and I point out most marriages have 2 people in them.

 

The point in I'm making is very clear.

 

Go on then, explain why my comment makes no sense. 

 

PS: thank you for pointing out English may not be my first language. Unfortunately, it is the only one I am perfectly fluent in. 

 

However, I will try to find out which language is my first one and after I learn it, I will use it.

Edited September 23, 2017 by Bluespunk

[Katia]

27 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

This was from thaiheath though. 

 

Very odd choice. 

I'm not sure if there are Thai stock photo suppliers?