Recently I saw some demographic results and was very surprised.
As a guy, I always imagined women would be creeped out by this stuff. And I never tell any female friends about these interests since they might think I could turn out to be a sk.
Posted Jan 1, 2019, 1:31 AM UTC
I'm 66 (and female) and I've been interested in true crime, especially serial killers, for over 40 years.
Not because they're "bad boys", but what makes them tick.
They’ve fascinated me for as long as I can remember. I’m currently 25 and female and I’m not sure where my obsession stemmed from but I’ve always wanted to learn more about what makes them tick, why they do these things. It may be more of a love of psychology for me (I’m a psych drop out but still love the field). I’m not sure, they’re just interesting. My husband thinks I’m weird I’m sure.
For me personally, it's always been a curiousness of how a person could do things so awful. It interests me to find info about why sk's do the unthinkable things they do.
Also, as a female, I think there's a subconscious need to learn what similarities each sk has in relation to behaviours growing up. In other words, there may be a subconscious need for myself (and possibly other females) to learn and be on the look out for "serial killer warning signs".
Again, just my own two cents. I've always had an interest in this stuff but never really stopped to think why.
a quick google search would answer this, but here’s an article explaining a few of the reasons: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/why-young-women-are-the-biggest-true-crime-buffs-2016-3
Totally yes. Most of my interest is because of this.
I like the article someone posted on empathy, but for me, it's empathy in a different way. First, I've always been fascinated with it, I think, because my mother was. Along with lining our bookshelves with Stephen King when I was a kid, they were also lined with true crime books. So, while the first full length novel I ever read (secretly, I wasn't allowed to) was Carrie, the second was Killer Clown (about John Wayne Gacy), and I'm talking about YOUNG.... probably 2nd or 3rd grade... I was a very early reader, was even put ahead a grade. For me, it was the fascination with people who didn't have empathy, or a conscience; a fascination with the things they could do to another human being without feeling bad about it. That's why I've always been interested in true crime. I'm the kind of creepy-ass person who wants to know EVERYTHING about an SK or a crime, all the gory details. Nothing creeps me out or grosses me out. I think the closest I've ever come to feeling like I'm intruding on a victim's privacy, or feeling bad about reading all the gory details, is while reading Nick Pron's Lethal Marriage about the Karla Homolka/Paul Bernardo rapes and murders. Other than that, it's pure fascination.
I always thought it was a fascination to see what goes on in the mind of a killer and why he/she did what they did . I mean science says that we are more stimulated by mental rousing..but like someone said ..it also could happen to you any day so it’s just good to keep yourself informed even from the experience of someone else.
Even though I’m only 26 I can’t remember a time I wasn’t fascinated by serial killers. Also I’d be a perps worst victim...even if I’m dead, you best believe their skin will be under my fingernails
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But there are many different reasons.
I'm a female myself and I've always been interested in true crime. On the one hand because I'm fascinated by psychology and especially criminals' mentality. On the other hand because it helped me overcome my naïvety because I could see and learn how criminals use to manipulate their mostly female victims.
Hybristophilia, one of the main examples given about hybristophilia is about Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer receiving love letter and nudes while in jail, which is funny because Ted Bundy along with Jeffrey Dahmer are the most famous and liked even in this sub.
Oh gee yeah, all women who are interested in true crime just wanna fuck criminals. That's totally not misogynistic at all
Where do u see me mentioning anything about "all women"? It's a majority, so much that there is even a rule against it in this sub lol, you can take your soggy knee somewhere else.
Because it’s more likely to happen to us, I would think. I look at it like a branch of self-defense, in some ways.
I totally agree. Our entire lives as women its subconsciously engrained into our minds that we have to be careful and not to trust men. And sadly it's true. I was a victim of an attempted rape by a stranger who broke into my home. I also wanted to understand how I got away and why he picked me. I think I have the answers I seek now but I'm always going to live my life hesitant of strangers.
Wow. I am so sorry that happened to you. How did you get away, if you don’t mind me asking? (If you do mind, obviously that is a hella traumatic situation and you don’t need to get into it.)
Thank you. I had gotten out of the shower and I realized I didnt have clean towels since I lived alone I walked naked into my livingroom to get some clean laundry on the couch I hadn't folded. A guy about 19 years old was in my living room. I was in shock I tried to kinda hide my body and I asked him what he was doing here and then I realized no answer was going to be a good one. I ran into my bedroom and unfortunately it didnt lock so we were pushing against the door and he won and I fell on the floor on my back. His hand scratched my chest I think he was trying to choke me but my hands and feet went everywhere. Kicking and he told me to lay on my back I ignored him and he repeated it. At that moment I realized he didnt tell me he had a weapon so I assumed he didnt and I was right. At one point I got up and tried grabbing my phone but he pushed me back down. I was reacted so quickly I'm just thinking as I'm reacting and I said my phone my phone I need to call the police. Then I got scared that he would probably rape me so I started praying out loud and he got up and ran out of the house and I dialed 911. I think I was saved because I spooked him talking about the police and then God. I also was screaming loud. And I was kicking and fighting back. I think I was too risky of a victim. I'm just glad I didnt freeze. The police were assholes and didnt initially believe me until I talked to SVU detective. He found the guy and I went to trial and he got off. But he is back in jail again for breaking into someone's house and committing theft. He exposed himself to another woman before me and then he followed a 2nd woman into her apartment and put his hand up her dress but a neighbor appeared and he ran off. I was the 3rd incident.
Wow. You are awesome! The fact that he basically got away with it pisses me off, though.
Holy shit. You are a bad ass. It’s one of my great fears that I would freeze in a situation like that.
It pisses me off you weren’t believed. Can’t say I’m surprised - as you mentioned, sexual assault victims are systematically treated poorly - but that is just wrong. I can’t imagine dealing with all the emotions of an assault like that and then having to convince someone they are legitimate. I hope he stays in jail a long time.
The guy is obviously weird so I'm not sure is burglary or sexual assault was his intention. I guess both? I wish I knew more about his current case. I only know because they asked if I would testify if he was convicted to get him a harsher sentence.