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Women are also highly unlikely to be serial killers. I don't know which is more unlikely.

undefined1 6y ago
Camille Paglia (feminist academic, professor) has written and lectured about why that is. She has a famous line: "There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper."
- raunakdag 6y ago
  I really don’t understand this. Is she saying that women tend to be less bold, outgoing, risk-taking? I’m a bit confused.
  - undefined1 6y ago
    Basically that men tend to be more obsessive and more likely to occupy the extremes. Here's a lecture where she explains in more detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=243&v=HrscwJYO8G8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=243&v=HrscwJYO8G8
- Geminidog 6y ago
  People need to balance there weaknesses with strengths. Just because one demographic is weak at something doesn't mean they're strong in another. While intuitively I agree that what Camile Pagila says makes sense, there is no definitive evidence that was causes men to more likely be serial killers is what causes men to more likely be geniuses. Scientifically we still need to entertain the possibility that women aren't geniuses because of biology and this has nothing to do with the fact that they're unlikely to be serial killers. It might be true it might not be true, don't let ideology or pride in your own race/sex blind you from the truth. Case in point, white people are more likely to be serial killers than other races. You may automatically think a racial centered biological origin of serial killer behavior is absurd but again this is the irrational need for "balance" and equality that is throwing you off. There is no scientific evidence either way, it could be Caucasian in origin it could not be. Behaviorally we should be ideologically neutral for different demographics, but for observations of reality and discussing truth we should be scientifically neutral.
  - belorn 6y ago
    > Case in point, white people are more likely to be serial killers than other races According to Wikipedia, that is false. There are more serial killers that are white in the US, but based on percentages of the U.S. population, whites are not more likely than other races to be serial killers.
Geminidog 6y ago
That's new information to me. Thanks for pointing it out, it might have changed my selection process for the women.

Camille Paglia (feminist academic, professor) has written and lectured about why that is. She has a famous line: "There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper."

raunakdag 6y ago
I really don’t understand this. Is she saying that women tend to be less bold, outgoing, risk-taking? I’m a bit confused.
- undefined1 6y ago
  Basically that men tend to be more obsessive and more likely to occupy the extremes. Here's a lecture where she explains in more detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=243&v=HrscwJYO8G8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=243&v=HrscwJYO8G8
Geminidog 6y ago
People need to balance there weaknesses with strengths. Just because one demographic is weak at something doesn't mean they're strong in another. While intuitively I agree that what Camile Pagila says makes sense, there is no definitive evidence that was causes men to more likely be serial killers is what causes men to more likely be geniuses. Scientifically we still need to entertain the possibility that women aren't geniuses because of biology and this has nothing to do with the fact that they're unlikely to be serial killers. It might be true it might not be true, don't let ideology or pride in your own race/sex blind you from the truth. Case in point, white people are more likely to be serial killers than other races. You may automatically think a racial centered biological origin of serial killer behavior is absurd but again this is the irrational need for "balance" and equality that is throwing you off. There is no scientific evidence either way, it could be Caucasian in origin it could not be. Behaviorally we should be ideologically neutral for different demographics, but for observations of reality and discussing truth we should be scientifically neutral.
- belorn 6y ago
  > Case in point, white people are more likely to be serial killers than other races According to Wikipedia, that is false. There are more serial killers that are white in the US, but based on percentages of the U.S. population, whites are not more likely than other races to be serial killers.

Geminidog 6y ago

That's new information to me. Thanks for pointing it out, it might have changed my selection process for the women.