ok woman kills man its murder or manslaughter...ok
ok man kills woman its the same but why not womanslaughter?
2006-07-25 04:34:49 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
good question sounds kinda sexist dont it
2006-07-25 04:43:31 · answer #1 · answered by silver_princess16_03 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Manslaughter, I am sure you know, is a generic term. You sound like another feminist in the making, it's a pity that they are going out of fashion. Stop trying to be provocative and do something more useful.
2006-07-26 15:44:33 · answer #2 · answered by Veritas 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it would be a pointless complication of the terms.
Manslaughter refers to man as in human. Political correctness should not the place of efficiency.
The legal code is already hard enough to pin down without splitting an identical crime into two different names for no reason.
2006-07-25 11:39:15 · answer #3 · answered by azimaith 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a law term not a sex term. It has nothing to do with the sex of the victim. It is simply a law term used to describe a murder in which there were circumstances that drop it in level below that of a real murder.
2006-07-25 11:41:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear lord, that's just dumb.
When a man's bail is forfeit and he is put in jail, he is held on remand. How come when a woman is put in jail, she isn't held on rewomand?
When my camera broke, I sent it back to the manufacturer. How come when my wife's camera broke. she didn't send it to the womanufacturer?
I drive a car with a manual transmission. How come my sister's car doesn't have a womanual transmission?
2006-07-25 11:40:53 · answer #5 · answered by Loss Leader 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because you cant have Manslaughter without laughter... Buwa HA HA HA HA!!!!
2006-07-25 11:39:52 · answer #6 · answered by jeff the drunk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because that sounds silly.
Also, why have two words for the same thing? You are killing a person.
Also, think of man as a shortened wo-man
2006-07-25 11:39:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Man = Mankind
Not female (feminine) or male (masculine)
2006-07-25 11:38:03 · answer #8 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the term "manslaughter" is meant to be ambiguous, it is just like "mankind"
2006-07-25 11:38:33 · answer #9 · answered by nick m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tradition. i think it probably comes from the "man" term meaning all of humankind
2006-07-25 11:38:04 · answer #10 · answered by nicoletta 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋