Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

A Possible Explanation Of Why There Are So Few Female Mass Murderers
Business Insider ^ | 12/18/2012 | Ryu Spaeth, The Week

Posted on 12/18/2012 6:36:06 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The emerging profile of Adam Lanza, the suspected shooter in the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., is depressingly familiar.

He has been described as being socially awkward and a loner. He reportedly had Asperger's syndrome — a high-performing form of autism — and may have been afflicted by other psychiatric problems. And he was male. His sex almost goes without saying.

According to Mother Jones, 62 mass shootings — defined as a single spree that killed at least four people — have been carried out in the U.S. since 1982. Only one was perpetrated by a female.

In 2006, Jennifer San Marco fatally shot her former neighbor, then drove to work and killed six colleagues before turning her gun on herself. The rest of the massacres were carried out by males, 44 of whom were white.

What is the connection between gender and outbreaks of massive violence? A helpful way to approach the question is to look at the three main categories of mass murderers. There are "family annihilators," who, as the name suggests, turn on their families.

There are "set-and-run" or "hit-and-run" killers, who usually hide and try to avoid capture. Then there are "pseudocommandos," a category that would seem to include James Holmes, the suspected shooter in the July movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo., and Seung-Hui Cho, who in 2007 killed 32 people during a rampage at Virginia Tech.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: female; guncontrol; massmurder; psychiatry; psychology; secondamendment; violence
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-53 next last
To: stanne

Technically, that would be serial killing instead of mass murder. Mass murderers usually know their victims.


21 posted on 12/18/2012 7:11:18 AM PST by Renderofveils (My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

being socially awkward and a loner

That means no one especially girls paid ATTENTION to it.

the media knows this so they promise worldwide fame and the most massive attention to these losers. THIS is why these mass shooters do it to do something big, something important , to be somebody instead of a nothing. Now they will be known among the shakepeare’s , Newtons , etc.

Women do get constant attention especially from men . Men are always looking at women, asking them out ,hitting on them. but these loner mass shooters never had a girl hit on them.

The media know they are egging on the next star,promising them fame and immortality if they will just try to top or match the current mass shooter.

The mainstream media causes these shootings.

These idiots or psychos shoot people for the fame the media will give them.

The media makes these shooters household names.

And also it could be as simple as monkey see , monkey do .they see a male doing it so they identify with it . The media and advertisers know the power of images, repetition and the media are responsible .

The media and democrats are exploiting the mass shootings to take away our individual rights and to empower government.

In their sick mind they seek to be the next star, importance, to be important, better than being nothing ignored by all.


22 posted on 12/18/2012 7:16:32 AM PST by Democrat_media (media makes mass shooters household names to create more & take our guns)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: utahagen

“Is it really a mystery why most school shooters are male? Men are more aggressive than women on account of testosterone. Wacky men act out differently than wacky women do. What’s next” asking why more women suffer from post-partum depression than men?”

Bingo. To even ask the question reveals the stupidity of the questioner. Yes, there is such a thing as a stupid question.

To me, a more interesting question is, why is the majority of mass murderers white?


23 posted on 12/18/2012 7:16:48 AM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: brownsfan

To me, a more interesting question is, why is the majority of mass murderers white?

Monkey see , monkey do. The media keeps putting out the same scenes. A loner idiot sees the constant media coverage and the glorifying of the perp and identifies with him( sees himself in that role). The media know this and egg them on , and promise them fame.


24 posted on 12/18/2012 7:19:46 AM PST by Democrat_media (media makes mass shooters household names to create more & take our guns)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: longtermmemmory
While I agree with everything you wrote with regard to how men are treated these days, and I concur that they have a right to be angry, I took the original question to be focused not on WHY the shooters are angry, but on HOW they manifest that anger. Approaching the question from that perspective, I stand by my assertion that the reason most school shooters are male is that men have much more testosterone than women, so males lunatics are more likely to shoot people than females lunatics are.
25 posted on 12/18/2012 7:19:59 AM PST by utahagen
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: cripplecreek

I’m sorry CC but LOLOL!

;D


26 posted on 12/18/2012 7:22:13 AM PST by Salamander (If animals could speak, mankind would weep.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: Biggirl

“Could be because the boys get those meds?”

BINGO. You win the prize!

POLL TO FREEP

SHOULD CONGRESS BAN SALE OF ASSAULT RIFLES TO CIVILIANS?

http://www.nwitimes.com/

Scroll down right side of page.


27 posted on 12/18/2012 7:27:05 AM PST by KeyLargo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: brownsfan
To me, a more interesting question is, why is the majority of mass murderers white?

44 of the 62 were white. That's 71%
White Americans make up 72.4% of the population.

I'd say that mass murderers are in proportion to the racial make-up of the country. Race is NOT a factor.

28 posted on 12/18/2012 7:27:16 AM PST by kidd
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Female Mass Murderers: Major Cases and Motives
BY Katherine Ramsland

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/mass/female_mass_murderer/15.html


29 posted on 12/18/2012 7:28:41 AM PST by KeyLargo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Testosterone?


30 posted on 12/18/2012 7:30:45 AM PST by CityCenter (Compromise is the welcome mat to deception.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Renderofveils

The mother knows her child, there is no question about that.

Oh, there are technical differences, to be sure.

A mother killing her own child in the more heinous crime, here, though, and the numbers are more massive than anything in history, at least comparable.

Anyway, the murderer here knows the victim intimately. In fact, the victim’s cells are left in the mother/ murderer for life.


31 posted on 12/18/2012 7:31:17 AM PST by stanne
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: kidd

” 44 of the 62 were white. That’s 71%
White Americans make up 72.4% of the population.

I’d say that mass murderers are in proportion to the racial make-up of the country. Race is NOT a factor.”

For some reason I thought the makeup of America was less than 72% white. Obviously I bought into the media narrative that white people are evil.

Thanks.


32 posted on 12/18/2012 7:32:07 AM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
These mass murderers are usually LONERS. That's the key . They never got attention especially from the opposite sex.

Women , even average looking ones, get constant attention from men ( looking at them , flirtation, asking out etc). So these morons are starving for attention and are sexually frustrated also.

Men especially if they are awkward or weird will never get attention from women. The media gives these mass shooters the most massive attention ever, making them world famous household names even. So they do it for the fame and attention. the media know this and this is why the massive coverage about the perpetrator. Let's not give these psychos the attention they seek. Let's not give the media what the media want to empower government and to take away our individual rights (gun rights for one).

33 posted on 12/18/2012 7:35:41 AM PST by Democrat_media (media makes mass shooters household names to create more & take our guns)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: utahagen

It’s very common for male animals in the wild to go in and kill the offspring of another male animal in order to mate and prodice their own offspring. Lions do this, bears do this, wild dogs do this, etc. So maybe it just something imbedded in our nature.


34 posted on 12/18/2012 7:39:49 AM PST by CityCenter (Compromise is the welcome mat to deception.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Some interesting thoughts, but I think the author’s conclusions would also indicate a higher representation of minorities, yet 71% of these mass shooters were white.

If the root is fatherlessness, or some kind of macho drive, then that statistic still needs to be explained.


35 posted on 12/18/2012 7:43:09 AM PST by ArGee (Reality - what a concept.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: longtermmemmory

(remember Oprah is Harpo backwards. A comic fool, a jester)

you made my day with this one (ha)


36 posted on 12/18/2012 7:58:07 AM PST by kimtom (USA on the Brink, Now Falling over the edge)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: brownsfan
To me, a more interesting question is, why is the majority of mass murderers white?
Inner city "utes" get the opportunity to vent their anger, rage and violence (usually against each other) via gangs.
Gangs, of course, are the substitute family, which actually promote "machismo" behavior ...
... while the suburban white boys are given drugs and told to act like girls.

37 posted on 12/18/2012 8:03:37 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: cripplecreek

Hilarious! I do love a woman with claws, and a sense of humor. Best behaviour keeps ya breathing :)


38 posted on 12/18/2012 8:12:43 AM PST by catbertz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
According to Mother Jones, 62 mass shootings — defined as a single spree that killed at least four people — have been carried out in the U.S. since 1982. Only one was perpetrated by a female.

Maybe they chose the cutoff of four so that the claim would be more dramatic. Amy Bishop shot six people in one incident, but only three of them died.

39 posted on 12/18/2012 8:16:50 AM PST by wideminded
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: utahagen

Ban testosterone! Oh, wait, the libs, metrosexuals and gays already have.


40 posted on 12/18/2012 8:17:16 AM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-53 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson