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In reply to the discussion: All the adults who died were women [View all]Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)37. I take your point about 2012 being a rough year for women in general.
It certainly was. But it's not really surprising or even noteworthy that all of the adults killed were women. In an elementary school, I would guess that the majority of adults present would be females. Elementary Ed doesn't seem to attract as many males, for some reason. This of course does not diminish in any way the bravery of those women, who did whatever they could to protect the children in their charge. They are all heroes, in the truest sense of the word.
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My 12 year old asked me "why did the principal attack him when she knew she would get killed?
Happyhippychick
Dec 2012
#3
After the Oklahoma City bombing I felt the way you did, and I remember making the same points among
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#11
You don't think the media has properly portrayed the women as brave?
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Dec 2012
#24
i hear stories of men dying, all the time, cause it happens often. and it breaks my heart
seabeyond
Dec 2012
#97
This begs the question: did Lanza target that school in part because he knew women
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#51
There was a Daily Mail (UK) story that someone posted last night....
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Dec 2012
#63
We also manage to ignore the daily death toll due to drones etc. By "we", I mean our society
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#77
Back in the stone age when I was a student, about 80-85% of all teachers at my school were women
krawhitham
Dec 2012
#48