According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics “The number of homicides of children under age 5 increased over the past two decades but declined recently” with 31 % of the fathers and 30% of mothers of being the perpetrators. 23% were killed by male acquaintances, 6% were killed by other relatives, 3% were killed by strangers.
Basically over ½ of the murders of children are done my men.
It seems men are more of a problem here than women so I think it is media sensationalism.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/children.htmhttp://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/tables/kidstab.htmEdit here... If you take a look at the numbers you will find they were higher during the George Bush Sr. and Clinton year’s but dropped towards the end of the Clinton years and are still dropping. From first glimpse the stats seem inconclusive but the numbers would have to be looked at hard and analyzed against presidencies and population base of the specific years to have any meaningful information otherwise it is just a guess.