What is it with women and gore?

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A strange topic, I know, but I've recently noticed a strange correlation between women and gore/gore-related things. They seem to be the majority of producers and consumers of it, at least when it comes to drawn/written content, regardless of whether their interests in it lie on the giving or receiving end of the brutality. We even have a good example in lolcow Dream, who has a large female viewerbase that seem to have a habit of drawing or writing about him being disemboweled, dismembered, or otherwise mutilated. Likewise, communities that are related to it (like taxidermy) also have a surprisingly large number of women participants.
I've even had a few female friends, both over the internet and in real life confide in me about their gore-related fantasies (ranging from mild to extreme). They're all relatively different people, and I know for a fact all of these women aren't troons, before anyone says that.

It's unusual given how most other fetishes seem to be made by men and targeted for men, yet this one is more popular with women for seemingly no reason. Is there a reason for this link? Am I the only one that's noticed this? Am I going insane? Is this is a retarded topic for discussion? (yes)
 
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I asked a female psychologist I know about this. She told me it allows women to get in touch with their extremely violent side that is usually not being allowed to be shown neither publicly nor privately. Men usually have more outlets, like sports or just yelling "I hate them, and we should hang them all with a hook by their eye sockets". Women, not so much. Or at least, not so openly.
 
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I don't speak for everyone, but I may have a logical explanation.

We are often sheltered from gore of any kind as children and excluded from things that are excessively violent. Boys are taken hunting and fishing while girls are left behind because fathers do not want their daughters to be upset and see violence. We don't often go to active war zones and aren't commonly police officers or doctors. The access to real world experiences of violence and gore are often far from our reality, until it's right in front of us.
It's almost like we have been placed behind a screen and can see generally what is happening in the world, but not the real nature of things. I don't really have an opinion on if that is a negatively impactful thing or not. I think that would depend on which woman you ask.
I read and watch gore occasionally because it is a peek behind the screen. I'd like to know what is really happening in the world around me so that I am more able to react with insight and understand these patterns of behavior. I don't believe that watching someone be killed or reading about the actions taken by a murderer is a pleasant experience, but it does shed some light on reality.
Cartel members really are animals who should be put down like rabid dogs. Isis really does set human beings on fire. Men really do break into the homes of women and strangle them to death.
 
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Justtocheck said:
I asked a female psychologist I know about this. She told me it allows women to get in touch with their extremely violent side that is usually not being allowed to be shown neither publicly nor privately. Men usually have more outlets, like sports or just yelling "I hate them, and we should hang them all with a hook by their eye sockets". Women, not so much. Or at least, not so openly.
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The last time this topic came up on here I said virtually that exact same thing and was about to again here, except female psych professionals are among the most mentally deranged individuals you'll ever meet, so agreeing with one means I should reassess my position.

I recall in an experiment they did years back they found women were less aggressive when in social situations, but if they were placed in anonymous context they were about as aggressive as men, which seems about right.
Men on the whole are more aggressive at baseline, but you're expected and encouraged to act more chud-like so a lot more of those impulses are able to make it out through normal means, and violence is a lot less exciting or novel in and of itself.

Point is women are nuts and because of how things work the only thing holding them back from gibbering insanity is social constraints.

More dangerous than women though are inferior men, because they not only possess the aggression of a male, but due to their weakness and dependency on the social status quo it's subverted like a woman's aggression is
Thus you get people (that feels like too dignified a collective pronoun) like the ones who make it their life's goal to attack this website.
 
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I don't think women are more into gore as compared to men, I believe they are about equally into it. It's just that nobody is really expects women to be into it for whatever reason, so it's seen as a strange correlation when they are, while nobody bats an eye when a man is into gore.

The reason they are more into drawn/written content is the same reason why more women are into drawn/written porn as compared to men. They like it as much as men, just in a different form. Men are the primary consumers of gory movies.
 
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A lot of women are consuming the True Crime content that's become popular in podcasts and Netflix over the last few years; some crime podcasts are even female-hosted.

But the audience for splattery horror movies and the "Post videos of people dying" thread is still mostly male I would guess.
 
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12(b)(6) said:
We are often sheltered from gore of any kind as children and excluded from things that are excessively violent. Boys are taken hunting and fishing while girls are left behind because fathers do not want their daughters to be upset and see violence.
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Is this a Yankee thing? I was allowed to go fishing or hunting as a kid if I wanted. Everyone just assumed I wouldn't want to & had to ask.
 
I agree that when social expectations are removed, women are as curious about gore and death as men. It’s human nature.

As kooky as it sounds I think women are more connected to death (with the exception of during war) than men because when they have a baby, there’s a chance of dying during the process. The thought is there even if it’s in a subconscious primitive way. It’s usually women caring for sick and dying people too. Most people in gory (peacetime) jobs like nursing and surgical techs are women. These are useful, socially acceptable ways women willingly partake in gore.

True crime is popular with women but it seems to be because they’re more curious about the psychological/social aspects of criminals/victims than the gore in most cases. That said some women still look at gore for the sake of gore, it’s morbid curiosity. But it’s something you have to mentally prepare for which is why gore spamming can be upsetting even to women who’ve willfully looked at gore.
 
I've known a single woman that was into gore and she had numerous other issues including sex/drug addictions, weird paraphilias, emotional issues, etc. I'm sure there's a correlation but even still I've known other BPD skanks that didn't like gore.

More unifying interests between women are an interest in true crime and pimple popping. The zit thing is probably an evolutionary throwback but I'm unsure what it is about serial killers and the like that draws women in. Some sort of convoluted seeking out of "bad boys" thing?
 
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