Why are there more serial killers that are men then women?

Answer 1

The differences and similarities are so vast you need to be specific in your question. There is far too much information to impart without knowing what you specifically are looking for in an answer. Do you want genetics, predisposition, behaviors??? Basically women are the nurturers, caregivers. Most serial killers are white, male, between the ages of 25-35, never married, served in the military, government workers. There are only a handful of women who qualify as "serials". Look up Wournos. She had reasons - valid in her own mind.u

Men and women are 'wired' differently, nobody can deny that. And I think that's the best way to describe the mind set of these killers of different sex. For men, almost without exception, sex is caught up in it somewhere. They somehow in their earlier, formative years started to associate pain and sex. But above all else, for men it's the power. They want to feel like God. And for a very brief time they do. Then reality sets in. History tells us that there have been male serial killers that do not rape their victims in the normal sense of the word. But their crimes are sexual in nature. The 'Son of Sam' killer that terriorized New York City in the 1970's never raped any of the victims, some of which were men. But David Berkowitz did get a sexual thrill from killing people at random.

Female serial kills are coming from a different place altogether. Their reasons for killing are almost never about sex. Money and financial gain are big motivators for women. And there are some that like the power. Females tend to be less violent and are more likely to be poisoners. And of course there are always exceptions. Aileen Carol Wuornos killed with a hand gun. But despite what has been said about her, her crimes where not sexually motivated, they were about robbery. They had what she wanted, so she took it. One of the biggest differences is men kill strangers and women usually kill people they know, Wuornos did not know her victims .

Answer 2

Because it takes a lot more to anger a woman. The woman is much more calmer than the man, and therefor is not likely to be angered by something which would usually anger a man. A man's anger span is much greater than a woman's, and men respond to negativities in a much more aggressive way. It is completely natural, and relates to the hormones, but this does not make men more dangerous in every day life.

Answer 3

Men far outnumber women in serial killing. And they usually (I say usually because there are always exceptions) kill for different reasons. Women serial killers are more likely to kill someone they know, caregivers, even mothers that kill family members one at a time for insurance money. "Angels of Mercy" nurses giving patients overdoses of medications.

The serial killer Aileen Wuornos was given the dubious title of 'first female' serial killer. She was neither the first or most unique female serial killer. Wuornos, who killed 7 men in Florida in the 1980's was more typical than most want to believe. She killed for gain. She needed money and a car. Where most of us would get a job, she got her gun and took what she wanted. It's true that she did not know her victims, but for the rest, she was not particularly special.