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Geoff Paterson's avatar

Doesn't ring true to me. I think of a line from "Goodfellas", after Henry Hill beats the crap out of an abusive neighbor with a gun and gives it to Karen, Karen says "I gotta admit the truth- it turned me on". Women desire status and protection from violence from other men. A man who inspires fear among other men offers both from a psychological standpoint deep in our lizard brains.

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Amanda Messbarger's avatar

I, like most women, have never had the "hots" for a serial killer. I think that this discussion about the small percentage of women who fetishize violent men is a distraction. I think that millions of people (gender aside) worldwide are attracted to the enormity of the sacrifice that Luigi was willing to make to draw attention to the largely unattended issue of the needless death and suffering caused by the health insurance companies. I think this conversation right now, although somewhat interesting, is just drawing attention away from the real issue.

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