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.
I came here to write, 'status plus safety,' and they are probably inextricably linked. Somewhat ironically it was earlier feminists who took umbrage with Napoleon Chagnon's findings that the more aggressive/violent Yanomamo men had better reproductive success. There has also been some research more recently showing a possible link between male aggression and mate choice in communities where safety is more of an issue.
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.
It's really pretty simple. Women are generally attracted to power. Power can range from healthy and pro-social, to violent and destructive. Unhealthy women will be attracted to the latter.
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.
I came here to write, 'status plus safety,' and they are probably inextricably linked. Somewhat ironically it was earlier feminists who took umbrage with Napoleon Chagnon's findings that the more aggressive/violent Yanomamo men had better reproductive success. There has also been some research more recently showing a possible link between male aggression and mate choice in communities where safety is more of an issue.
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.
It's really pretty simple. Women are generally attracted to power. Power can range from healthy and pro-social, to violent and destructive. Unhealthy women will be attracted to the latter.