Female Serial Killers

After viewing the video about female serial killers many of the female serial killers have striking similarities. Most of the female serial killers, at least presented in the video, were caregivers of those they killed. Many were mothers who killed their children and two were nurses who killed their own patients. Many of these mothers were motivated by the attention they received in the wake of their children’s deaths. The female serial killers also more commonly kill their victims using suffocation. Violent serial killers are more like male serial killers than they are more common female serial killers. Some of the female serial killers were given sympathy before they are suspected of murdering their children, for example Marybeth Tinning and Susan Smith. Many of these female serial killers had a …show more content…
Most female serial killers kill those they have an intimate relationship with. Many female serial killers murder their children or their spouses. Since many female serial killers attack those who they have a relationship with they do not have to go out and find victims, they already have their victims around them. Female serial killers gather victims by forming relationships. Male serial killers on the other hand tend to kill strangers. Since male serial killers’ victims are not people they know they must search for victims. Male serial killers must hunt for their victims because of the lack of the relationship. Male serial killers also tend to be more violent than their female counterparts, which might be the reason it makes sense to describe males as hunters, but it does not make sense to describe females as hunters. The differences between male and female serial killers victims might be most easily explained by describing women as gathers and males as