Captive Cannibalism & Filicide

[David Morris]

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filicide. 1. The literal or figurative killing of one's son or daughter. 2. 
One who thus kills one's son or daughter. 3. A son or daughter thus killed 
by his or her parent or parents.

1. THE THEORY OF FILICIDE

Filicide is a universal crime in this civilization. As children, we are all 
victims of filicide. As adults, we are all perpetrators of filicide. Through 
behavioral example, psychological coercion, and physical force, fathers and 
mothers impose on sons a behavioral role called "masculinity" and on 
daughters a behavioral role called "femininity." These two roles so 
effectively constrain and determine the lives of sons and daughters that the 
result is a living death, a lifelong comatose existence. The two roles shut 
off vast areas of human potential and growth. The imposition of the son role 
is thus son-murder: filicide. The imposition of the daughter-role is thus 
daughter-murder: filicide.

> >From Cannibalism and infant killing: a system of "demonizing" motifs in 
>Indian captivity narratives. Ramsey, Colin


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