lonemagpie

Well, the BBC seem to be jumping on the "the child-murdering Philpotts were psycho murderers because they belonged to a social subculture I think is a bit weird" bandwagon, in this case polyamory. Which the BBC writer appears to get totally wrong, as does their rent-a-quote scientist, and as did the Philpotts. Go read The Ethical Slut or, hell looking on Wikipedia would have given them better results... Luckily there's a better balanced article setting things right here- http://www.rarelywearslipstick.com/2013/04/feminism-friday-media-research-and-poly/ (which also includes a link to the original Hate Mail style tabloid journalism at the BBC's Berkshire website. Berks, says it all...

No, the Philpotts didn't kill their kids as a product of being poly, or being on benefits, they did it because they were murderous psychos, really...