Why Do Women Kill: The 25th Most Asked Question On Goolge

Why do women kill? Hmmm, to be sincere, I least expected to find this being one of the most asked questions on Google. The question that came to mind when I saw this was: Why will someone be looking for this online? Are people thinking that women have a common reason for such a decision or action? Are people really experiencing this kind of act, or have they lost some loved ones to this?

According to the encyclopedia, women who kill have their victims being spouses or close family members.

Again, the Federal Bureau of Investigation‘s Supplementary Homicide Report for 2002 revealed that only 7% of murder offenders were females. This is to say that for every 100 people murdered in the US, for instance, only 7 were committed by women. Why then will people not be searching for why men kill women but are searching for why women kill?

This is an indication that fewer women are likely to engage in the act, yet people want to know why a woman will ever kill a man.

In this article, we dig deep to find the answers to this question to help others in their future searches.

What are the most common reasons women kill?

1. Our research shows that women are more likely to commit this offence out of greed and jealousy, and that it relates to relationships and some form of betrayal by men.
2. In other instances, contentious divorce can compel women to take such criminal actions as it would end it all.
3. Some women may commit the crime for financial gains, but men often engage in the crime for sexual gain. Financial gain may be to take over the property of the man or the male involved.
4. Mental health issues can compel harmless women to kill.
5. In some instances, the reasons for taking such an action are so strange and more unusual.
6. Accidental or spontaneous acts can lead to murder. If a woman is constantly abused or engaged in any form of a fight with the same person, e.g., a spouse, he or she can lose self-control, and in situations where emotions are high, anything can happen, including murder.

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Academic research by A. L. Kellermann and J. A. Mercy titled Men, Women, and Murder: Gender-Specific Differences in Rates of Fatal Violence and Victimisation revealed that “Although women comprise more than half the U.S. population, they committed only 14.7% of the homicides noted during the study interval.”

What is the point of why women kill?

Women who suspect it has evidence of infidelity with their spouse may kill them.

There is actually a series on this question on TV and on YouTube. Check this one here, sistersincrime.org.au

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When it comes to the reverse of crime, thus men killing women, South Africa is on record as the most dangerous place for women when it comes to femicide rates. Statistics show that in 2022, nine women were killed in South Africa every day. Sadly, “intimate partner homicide accounts for just 4% of murders of men but about one-third of the murders of women.”