Heeding Satan's call, Defying a mother's loving instinct, Andrea Yates drowned her five Children one after the other in her bathtub, despite their frantic apologies and plea for mercy. Her eldest, Noah, seven years old, had to witness as his mother, his safe haven, took the life of his siblings ruthlessly then returned the corpses back in their beds before coming for him (source). During the first four weeks of her trial, Andrea was displayed as the only “monstrous mother” in our everyday society with more than 1500 articles written about her case (Hyman, 2004, p. 193). However, this is a misconception delivered by media because tales and incidents of infanticide run way back in history and myths like the stories of Medea and Malinche, famous
