However, the result is inevitably the same. According to a study conducted in Canada, psychotic motives are similar in matricides and parricides. Matricide could also be a sign of male dependence and discomfort in one's stereotypical role (Bourget, Gagne, and Labelle 306-12). Some people may think that there are differences in male and female responses to abuse and mistreatment; however, there is no substantial statistical evidence contrasting the sexes. There are some differences in the methods. Matricide tends to be committed through the use of a blunt instrument, while parricide typically occurs with the use of knives (Bourget, Gagne, and Labelle 306-12). Most other circumstances, including motivation and mental health, are similar in both sexes. The most likely reason for committing murder is because the offenders are usually mentally ill or perverted due to their ongoing and frequent history of abuse. Murders are usually carried out because the child feels threatened and uncomfortable in his own home or various mental illnesses make him irrational. Generally these are not crimes of passion, although in most cases the bodies end up mutilated. Disfigurement is the result of a child freeing himself from the shame and humiliation suffered by one or both parents. They wouldn't feel completely safe or free from