One thing we\u2019ve lost, in the modern day, is the notion of poisoning as a particularly feminine pastime. That was a pretty firm association for a while, that where men might get impulsively, physically rough women\u2019s violence was calculated and chemical, poisoning abusive or just unsatisfactory husbands, or parents who refused assent to marry a lover, or in-laws to \u201churry the inheritance\u201d.
\n\nYou\u2019d see that association invoked in things like Arsenic and Old Lace, but the last pop culture surfacing I can think of is the Dixie Chicks\u2019 1999 \u201cGoodbye Earl\u201d. (Maaaaybe Gillian \u201cGone Girl\u201d Flynn\u2019s \u201806 debut novel Sharp Objects but that\u2019s reaching.)
\n\nProbably has a lot to do with forensic advances ruining the party, you still see the dynamic in suicide, with women favoring overdose and men trauma.
\n\n(probably a lot to do with the decline of from-scratch food prep, too)"}