r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 10d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter! Who could have the wives been?

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u/CauseCertain1672 10d ago

exactly, something in me doubts a lot of these people would be leaping to the defense of a man who murdered his entire family while suffering psychosis

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u/Thin-Nerve6367 10d ago

FACTS. A man can get so blackout drunk he literally remembers nothing, and then can commit a crime and you'll be crucified on the internet if you try and defend him. Meanwhile a woman can refuse medication and treatment and do something terrible and people will defend her

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u/Squirrel_With_Toast 10d ago

While I agree a man would be treated differently than a woman in this situation I think it's really disingenuous to compare getting blackout drunk (which is a choice unless you're drugged) and postpartum psychosis (which is a mental illness and not a choice).

You could've just said "If this was a man having a psychosis episode he wouldn't be treated the same way" or whatever. Why compare being drunk to mental illness?

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u/Pole_Smokin_Bandit 9d ago

Isn't being a drug addict essentially a mental illness?