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why are deaths of children and woman emphasized more?

This could get real political, real fast.

Don't forget Missing White Woman Syndrome. You can go weeks with scarcely a blurb on some people going missing or being killed, but if something happens to a pretty white girl STOP THE PRESSES.

*shrugs* I think men are undervalued in modern culture. Also, women and children have historically been seen as sort of untouchable innocents, and therefore undeserving of any tragedy. Kind of like how you're not supposed to kill civilians.

I don't know, but I used to think it hypocritical of Christians to cry over a dead person, as they're going to heaven, right? Felt they didn't really take their book seriously. However, I've gotten away from that type of thinking, and am more open minded now.

About children and women, well... I don't know. If I lost a child, I'd probably want to die. I think people can imagine that same feeling and just don't want that to happen in general, and when it does, maybe it sends a pang of fear through them (you know, the "what if...?").