Just a thought.
Possibly, but I don't think that this type of massacre should be used to justify or excuse any husband or wife who have been abused to cause such pain and suffering to innocent family members.
Yes, there are a lot more women who want to wear the pants in the family today. No matter what NOW or other modern women believe, women trying to control the family can make most men insecure and confused about whether or not they are real men. It also makes some men not care anymore about being good providers, husbands and fathers because they have been brainwashed to believe that they should feel guilty for taking the reigns (male subjugators!) and not letting the women do it all!
Yes, there are some truly heinous governmental cases involving divorce and personal values that have unfairly caused havoc for some families. (I'm fighting for a San Juan Homeschool family who is being harassed by their son's former public school!)
But using these sorts of incidents as an excuse for the sort of behavior that happened in Merced is stretching it, IMHO.