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Why is it only men who go on mass shooting rampages?
Cupcake - I guess that makes sense.
Although I consider myself to be a liberal :s
Beast - I've honestly never read about a female mass murderer in modern history. Not ones who go into movie theaters or shopping centers and shoot up the place.
Poweranni - I think this also makes sense, but I wonder how mental illness factors into this. I feel that a lot of men who do these things are certainly mentally ill.
Chao, but how do they protect the people? Usually by the time the police arrive the massacre is over and done with, with the perpetrator committing suicide. And women can be first responders as well you know.
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- I'ma BeastLv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
cuz u only hear about MEN doing it - history shows that there have been female mass murderers as well - u are being a good lil sheeple and believing everything u hear and see in the media - maybe they'll give u a nice big cookie for ur obedience
EDIT:
lizzy borden - killed her entire family with an ax
Aileen Wuornos - female prostitute went on a state to state shooting spree with her girlfriend as an accomplice
Calamity Jane - shot 6 men
not to mention the countless women that have killed their children by the 3 and 4's
jus cuz it wasn't shooting spree in a movie theater doesnt make u correct - a movie thearter shooting is rare itself - as well as any public shooting of that caliber - women use weapons of oppurtunity - they have trouble with gun usage and rarely do - doesnt mean men are just psycho and women arent
- 5 years ago
WRONG. According to the FBI, 6 shooters were female between 2000 and 2013.
SOURCE: https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/office-of-partner-eng...
BOTTOM LINE Mass shooting account for only 0,3% of all homicides, so I wouldn't worry about it. The media distortion of reality is the real problem. The 24 hour news cycle should be banned, it hyper-focuses people on every little negative thing that happens... things the average person wouldn't have know about in the past, because if it didn't happen in your town or city, it didn't concern you. Now we have to worry about the whole world it seems.
- mr. chaoLv 79 years ago
Probably for the same reason that it's only men who protect people from men going on shooting rampages.
Funny how b*tches who say "cuz men are stupid" will be the ones hiding behind their bf when the bullets fly.
EDIT: What I mean is, men will typically jump to shield their girlfriend, or hell, sometimes even a random woman. The reverse virtually never happens.
- Anonymous9 years ago
The mass shooting rampage is more the male style of killing.
Females like to poison, smother (babies mostly, but also sleeping husbands), etc.
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- AliceLv 79 years ago
Men are more likely to murder on impulse due to rage, women are more likely to plot to murder for reasons of a histrionic nature. The only people who deny this are defensive liberal extremists who want to pretend that men and women display exactly the same variations in behaviour.
edit: Nothing wrong with being liberal so long you're not an extremist. I mentioned extremists here, extremists are always bad.
- poweranniLv 79 years ago
Because of the incorrigible male ego.
Every kid dreams of being a superhero. But for the select few who decide to go on murderous rampages, he grows up to realize that not only is he not a superhero, but he is a loser, he begins to identify with the villain. If he can't make his mark in the world doing something positive, he will do something negative.
There is a lot of power there --- it is about power and control. For that moment, your actions determine if a person lives or dies, and that prospect is intoxicating for some men. Women don't seem to care as much. That is because we are not men.
- Anonymous9 years ago
I guess it is because those men can't get away with anything in the same way their female versions do.
Anyway, we should notice those men (criminals) often have one thing in common with the female population: their narcissistic personality disorder.
- 9 years ago
Have you ever seen young girls play with toy guns? The guns represent a feeling of power and control.
- ChristinaLv 49 years ago
When women are upset they cry it out and/or eat. No time for shooting.
Edit: Huh. I got a shout of from that feminist *** kisser down there. :) I'm kinda flattered, but the whole Fabio thing isn't my type. :(