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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People understand quite a bit more now about PPD nowadays.[/quote]

+1 this[/quote]

This, for sure.

And also ... People see themselves in Clancy in a way they didn't relate to Yates.  The religion thing, the controlling husband, the number of kids, their lifestyle overall .... It was easy to "other-ise" Yates.  "I'm not like her, so I can blame her because I'll never be in her shoes" (which nobody ever said or loud, but was there).  Classic blame the victim response.  People look at Clancy (or at least the image of her life that she projected) and see someone aspirational.  Someone they not only can be like, but someone they would normally WANT to be like.  That makes them look for other reasons for the actions, to absolve her of blame ... Because deep down, we all know that we could be Clancy in a way that we would never see ourselves as Yates.[/quote]

No I don’t think all of us feel that way. [/quote]

It’s a lot easier to see yourself in Clancy than it is Yates. That’s all PP was saying. Of course every single person learning about the case isn’t going to feel exactly the same. Did you know water is wet and the sky is blue, too?[/quote]

Pp said “deep down, we all know that we could be Clancy”

No. WE all don’t. [/quote]

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