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Women, more than men, choose true crime over other violent nonfiction (2010) (illinois.edu)
4 points by alexrustic on Sept 22, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Curious, but not totally surprising. Infatuation and obsession with criminals, even serial killers, is also a peculiar and well-studied phenomena among women. See: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-bundy-netflix-chris-watts...

Men on the other hand venerate so-called great leaders of history, most of whom bear the responsibility for wars and battles that cost many more lives. Veneration of killers seems much more common-place when we zoom out from the women/criminal perspective and look at the bigger picture.




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