Why are mass shooters almost always men?
Evolutionary psychology suggests that a threat to status could be a trigger for extremely violent behavior, Harrison said. After examining 90 male mass murderers from 1996 to 2008, Harrison and a colleague found that a threat to status (being bullied or a job loss, for example) triggered the violence in 88 percent of the cases.
“Anything that attacks a man’s status, then, is really a reproductive threat,” Harrison said. …
“For the men, it’s almost like going to war. Men often have assault weapons and big-time military stuff; they dress in quasi-military attire, and they assault a physical place like a building; it’s almost random, without much personal connect,” said psychologist and Temple University professor Frank Farley. “For women — my gosh, it’s so different. It’s up close and personal. It’s the personal, family life. Most infanticides are by mothers.”
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Women prefer poison.
RickB on December 18, 2012 at 10:39 PM
Silly question. Ever heard of Darth Vaderess? Neither have I. Thats why.
tommy71 on December 18, 2012 at 10:39 PM
For the same reason most criminals of any stripe are men.
ernesto on December 18, 2012 at 10:41 PM
Let me guess.. someone is getting ready to introduce legislation to increase the abortions of males?
ButterflyDragon on December 18, 2012 at 10:42 PM
Make me a sandwich.
Kenosha Kid on December 18, 2012 at 10:44 PM
fixed
CW on December 18, 2012 at 10:49 PM
I still remember that 10 building massacre back in ’63! Worst building assault ever. That and all those postman shooting up 7/11′s, pizzerias and random offices then returning to the safety of their post offices.
Personally, I think it just needs a rewrite.
Dusty on December 18, 2012 at 10:49 PM
Women prefer a samurai sword while wearing a skin tight yellow body suit.
NeoKong on December 18, 2012 at 10:52 PM
I think a more appropriate question in this particular case might have to do with the number of boys/men who feel abandoned by their mother.
Connie on December 18, 2012 at 10:52 PM
Hair-pulling and eye-gouging don’t count.
OldEnglish on December 18, 2012 at 10:53 PM
So…
are we to encourage more women to become mass murderers or something?
Equal opportunity or something?
ProfShadow on December 18, 2012 at 10:58 PM
Most women don’t like guns. They think that those things are meanie-looking. They prefer hacksaws.
tommy71 on December 18, 2012 at 11:05 PM
Hair-pulling and eye-gouging don’t count.
[OldEnglish on December 18, 2012 at 10:53 PM]
If only. I was just caught up a few days ago on a story I missed here. Wife supposedly killed husband in argument by pushing him downstairs. that didn’t quite do it so bashed his head in. Then carted him off, cut him up, and incinerated him. They think she had help.
She claimed he ran off, deserting her, without taking car, coat, any personals, wallet or cash.
Not really a massacre, but still.
Dusty on December 18, 2012 at 11:08 PM
the diane wuornus’ of the world are an exception. for most women the kill is personal.
kinda comforting in a way.
renalin on December 18, 2012 at 11:18 PM
I’m a woman and I’m planning revenge on the male home invader who assaulted and robbed my disabled male relative. If the legal system doesn’t take care of it, wellll…. We’ll just have to come up with a Plan B.
As far as the threat to status thing, getting dumped by the little woman really seems to set a lot of these guys off. A lot of these shootings are domestic things taken to the workplace or mall. That’s what seems to have happened in the movie shooting in San Antonio a couple of nights ago.
juliesa on December 18, 2012 at 11:19 PM
It’s called Testosterone.
brewcrew67 on December 18, 2012 at 11:20 PM
Congress scrambles to put forth a Man-Ban.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 18, 2012 at 11:23 PM
Regarding that SA Hobbit movie shooting, a female off-duty deputy sheriff working security chased the shooter into the bathroom and shot him several times. Unfortunately, he survived, but fortunately the one guy he shot will also survive.
juliesa on December 18, 2012 at 11:23 PM
I’m getting pretty excited about this conversation on gun control. Officials in state government in Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia are considering making firearms and training available in schools and Michigan will likely get similar action if the legislature make it the availability optional and up to the school district.
Finally, we’re getting some meaningful action and won’t need any federal interference with our 2nd Amendment rights.
Dusty on December 18, 2012 at 11:29 PM
Women tend to kill their children or their loved one, rather than strangers. Wasn’t there a women mass shooter in the 60′s and 70′s who flipped because she didn’t like Wednesday or Mondays or something..?
melle1228 on December 18, 2012 at 11:38 PM
Meanwhile, earlier today:
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 18, 2012 at 11:40 PM
Brenda Ann Spencer was her name.. She didn’t like Mondays.
melle1228 on December 18, 2012 at 11:41 PM
Teen girl. Dad bought her a rifle for Christmas; she tested it out from her bedroom window, at kids playing outside the grade school across the street. When later asked by police why she did it, she answered that she doesn’t like Mondays. Thus, the 80s song:
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why!
I don’t like Mondays
Tell me why!
I don’t like Mondays
I wanna shoot
The whole day down
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 18, 2012 at 11:46 PM
[Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 18, 2012 at 11:40 PM]
Yeah, Snyder said it didn’t have an opt out. He’ll sign one if it is left up to the institution. Choice is much better than mandatory gun-free.
Dusty on December 18, 2012 at 11:47 PM
I find your optimistic attitude refreshing!
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 19, 2012 at 12:11 AM
There was the case where Mrs. Dinky murdered her husband, Mr Dinky by chopping him up with an axe.
.
She cut off his head, arms and legs and buried his dismembered body parts.
.
She was tried and convicted and just before she was sentenced she stood before the judge who said to her:
“You chopped off his head.
You chopped off his arms.
You chopped off his legs.
How could you , Mrs. Dinky?”
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on December 19, 2012 at 12:21 AM
Oven mitts.
Ronnie on December 19, 2012 at 12:25 AM
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 19, 2012 at 12:32 AM
Not only rejection by women, but rejection by society as a whole. That definitely seems to be a factor in a lot of these cases.
Adam Lanza, Jared Loughner, and the Virginia Tech shooter were misfits who had a hard time making friends. Allegedly they were also picked on a lot by their peers. That had to contribute a lot to making them snap.
UltimateBob on December 19, 2012 at 12:51 AM
LADY PARTS?
Pork-Chop on December 19, 2012 at 1:35 AM
Check out 1:23 of this video
SCTV – Dusty Towne Holiday Special
Anti-Control on December 19, 2012 at 4:36 AM
Hate to break it to the lib-tards out there, but, faith and family are the best prevention.
Boys need a strong, principled male figure in their lives in order to guide them into maturity as well balanced young men.
kregg on December 19, 2012 at 5:51 AM
That world be my explanation too. Women prefer nagging.
petefrt on December 19, 2012 at 5:54 AM
Why do liberals like a good crisis?
JellyToast on December 19, 2012 at 6:12 AM
Just for starters, men and women are different……….. Susan Smith drowned her children in a lake is South Carolina. Andrea Yates drowned her children in a bathtub. A nanny in New York murdered the children under her care in the last month. Infanticide does seem their speciality. And, of course no man has had an abortion.
SC.Charlie on December 19, 2012 at 6:37 AM
It’s simple. Ban the Y chromosome.
ZK on December 19, 2012 at 8:22 AM
But women are far more likely to hire hit men (AKA abortion providers).
itsnotaboutme on December 19, 2012 at 8:25 AM
Perhaps women prefer chainsaws?
The Rogue Tomato on December 19, 2012 at 8:42 AM