Why do I have the feeling that, were the victim a woman, that “Blinded by love” part wouldn’t be used in the headline? (Too insensitive.)
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=56027&in_page_id=34
the same reason why husbands are projected as idiots in most radio and television commercials. long, long, LONG story short: communism.