Science tries to understand why far more men are calculating killers than women.
These days, however, the
. Instead, researchers are looking at the importance of societal constructs and how differences in male and female life experiences may contribute to this trend.It’s a fallacy that all sociopaths and psychopaths are men, even if it’s less likely for a woman to be one, says, a psychologist and independent consultant who provides forensic mental health training to law enforcement and prosecutors. Mercifully, both conditions are relatively rare.
Johnson agrees with her. “We don’t treat women offenders the same,” he explains. “We just don’t want to fathom that women can be violent. It’s partly sexism.” Yet there are famous examples of female psychopaths, proving that women can be just as capable as men when it comes to heinous crimes. Take Hazel Dulcie Bodsworth for example. She killed her husband and two others in apparent cold blood during the 1950s.
That’s not surprising; psychopaths are extremely skilled in evading discovery. They’re often very charming on the surface, which is what makes them so dangerous, says Johnson. “In my 30 some years of interviewing these offenders after they’ve been convicted, what I can say is that they’re smarter than us and so when they’re being friendly, I have to stop and check my notes again to remind myself why I’m there,” he says.
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