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→Women are drawn more than men to nonfiction stories of rape, murder, and serial killers
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The suggested that the primary reasons women might be interested in these books is for "survival tips" to avoid becoming victims themselves. Associations were found which may suggest this is in part a motivation, but these were very weak. Women's responses on evaluation of how much their reading was for "safety" were not very different from men's, and were greatly inadequate to explain the dramatic gender difference in preference for this material. | The suggested that the primary reasons women might be interested in these books is for "survival tips" to avoid becoming victims themselves. Associations were found which may suggest this is in part a motivation, but these were very weak. Women's responses on evaluation of how much their reading was for "safety" were not very different from men's, and were greatly inadequate to explain the dramatic gender difference in preference for this material. | ||
Rape is often portrayed in romance novels which accounts for 40% of mass paperback sales in the United States (Salmon & Symons 2003), | |||
in fact, the three best selling books between 2010-2019 belonged to this genre (NPD 2019). These erotic novels are almost exclusively written by women for women, and 54% include rape of the lead character (Thurston 1987). "In a romance novel that includes rape, women identify with the lead female character and vicariously experience her rape." (Critelli & Bivona 2008) | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Discussion:'''</span> | ||
They did not attempt to evaluate to what extent female preference for these types of stories relates to other evidence such as that women are more attracted to sociopathic men, men with criminal histories have more consensual female partners, male serial killers are often inundated with female love letters ([[hybristophilia]]), women have a disproportionate preference for pornography featuring violence against women, and that most women admit to harboring "rape fantasies." | They did not attempt to evaluate to what extent female preference for these types of stories relates to other evidence such as that women are more attracted to sociopathic men, men with criminal histories have more consensual female partners, male serial killers are often inundated with female love letters ([[hybristophilia]]), women have a disproportionate preference for pornography featuring violence against women, and that most women admit to harboring "rape fantasies." | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Statistics:'''</span> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Best selling books, U.S., 2010-2019. Source: The NPD Group / NPD Bookscan, NPD PubTrack Digital, includes U.S. print book and e-book sales. | |||
|- | |||
! Rank | |||
! Title | |||
! Author | |||
! Publisher | |||
! Year | |||
! Unit Sales | |||
|- | |||
| 1. | |||
| Fifty Shades of Grey | |||
| E. L. James | |||
| Random House | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 15.2 million | |||
|- | |||
| 2. | |||
| Fifty Shades Darker | |||
| E. L. James | |||
| Random House | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 10.4 million | |||
|- | |||
| 3. | |||
| Fifty Shades Freed | |||
| E. L. James | |||
| Random House | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 9.3 million | |||
|- | |||
| 4. | |||
| The Hunger Games | |||
| Suzanne Collins | |||
| Scholastic Books | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 8.7 million | |||
|- | |||
| 5. | |||
| The Help | |||
| Kathryn Stockett | |||
| Penguin Group USA | |||
| 2009 | |||
| 8.7 million | |||
|- | |||
| 6. | |||
| The Girl on The Train | |||
| Paula Hawkins | |||
| Penguin Group USA | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 8.2 million | |||
|- | |||
| 7. | |||
| Gone Girl | |||
| Gillian Flynn | |||
| Random House | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 8.1 million | |||
|- | |||
| 8. | |||
| The Fault in Our Stars | |||
| John Green, | |||
| Penguin Group | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 8 million | |||
|- | |||
| 9. | |||
| The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo | |||
| Stieg Larsson | |||
| Random House | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 7.9 million | |||
|- | |||
| 10. | |||
| Divergent | |||
| Veronica Roth | |||
| Harpercollins Publishers | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 6.6 million | |||
|} | |||
The NPD Group / NPD Bookscan, NPD PubTrack Digital, includes U.S. print book and e-book sales, 2010-2019. | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Quotes:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Quotes:'''</span> | ||
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<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | ||
* Vicary AM, Fraley, RC. 2010. ''Captured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers?'' Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(1): 81-86. [[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1948550609355486 Abstract]] [[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R_Fraley/publication/240287787_Captured_by_True_Crime_Why_Are_Women_Drawn_to_Tales_of_Rape_Murder_and_Serial_Killers/links/54d3a40f0cf28e0697288c35.pdf FullText]] | * Vicary AM, Fraley, RC. 2010. ''Captured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers?'' Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(1): 81-86. [[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1948550609355486 Abstract]] [[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R_Fraley/publication/240287787_Captured_by_True_Crime_Why_Are_Women_Drawn_to_Tales_of_Rape_Murder_and_Serial_Killers/links/54d3a40f0cf28e0697288c35.pdf FullText]] | ||
* NPD. 2019. ''Nonfiction and screen adaptations led U.S. book sales from 2010 to 2019, according to NPD Bookscan.'' [[https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/2019/fifty-shades-of-grey-was-the-best-selling-book-of-the-decade-in-the-us-the-npd-group-says/ News]] | |||
* Salmon C, Symons D. 2003. Warrior lovers: Erotic fiction, evolution, and female sexuality. Yale University Press. [[https://www.worldcat.org/title/warrior-lovers-erotic-fiction-evolution-and-female-sexuality/oclc/52949140 Worldcat]] | |||
* Thurston C. 1987. The romance revolution: Erotic novels for women and the quest for a new sexual identity. University of Illinois Press. [[https://www.worldcat.org/title/romance-revolution-erotic-novels-for-women-and-the-quest-for-a-new-sexual-identity/oclc/14933098 Worldcat]] | |||
* Critelli J, Bivona J. ''Women’s Erotic Rape Fantasies: An Evaluation of Theory and Research.'' The Journal of Sex Research, 2008. [[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224490701808191 Abstract]] | |||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="Criminal_and_anti-social_men_have_more_sexual_partners_and_have_sex_earlier">Criminal and anti-social men have more sexual partners and have sex earlier</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;" id="Criminal_and_anti-social_men_have_more_sexual_partners_and_have_sex_earlier">Criminal and anti-social men have more sexual partners and have sex earlier</span>=== | ||