![]() It’s striking that the surge in women’s interest in true crime is concurrent with the rise of online dating, particularly in the last 10 years when dating apps have become the No 1 way people in the US date. Why now? What else has been going on in women’s lives during this time when they’ve become obsessed with true crime content? While none of these hypotheses sounds wrong to me, I think something is missing. They see in true crime a source of education about how not to wind up a victim. Through consuming true crime content, studies say, women experience catharsis they work out their fears about their own vulnerability and perhaps their rage about what has happened to other women as well. ![]() And women make up 70% of the victims of serial killers. According to the CDC, over half of women have experienced sexual violence. ![]() In the US, nearly three women are killed every day by intimate partners. One possible reason, they say, is that women identify with the victims of violent crimes, as women are often victims of such crimes themselves. Researchers have offered a number of theories about why women are so attracted to tales of serial killers, murder and rape.
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