Broadway Butterfly

by Sara DiVello

Women mostly committed homicide out of sheer desperation to protect themselves and their children. Men, on the other hand, were more apt to murder for lust, rage, revenge, greed . . . or simply because they could.

Women are the moral compass of society. We exert our good influences on our marriages, our children, the circles in which we move, and the communities in which we exist. Without us, the moral structure of society would disintegrate, and with that, society itself. So we forgive, even when our hearts are broken. We hold our heads up and march on when we feel as though we might die—because we’re women and we’re wives. It’s the bravest and best thing we can do—and our worlds, and the world at large, are far better for it.”

being involved with powerful, corrupt men certainly doesn’t seem to extend anyone’s life expectancy.”