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'''Ben Moynihan''' was a clinically [[autistic]] [[teenager]] who could not lose his [[virginity]], and was therefore [[involuntarily celibate]]. He was sentenced to 21 years for attempted murder of three [[women]].<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/teenager-ben-moynihan-sentenced-to-21-years-for-attempted-murder-of-three-women-because-he-could-not-10091277.html</ref> | '''Ben Moynihan''' was a clinically [[autistic]] [[teenager]] who could not lose his [[virginity]], and was therefore [[involuntarily celibate]]. He was sentenced to 21 years for attempted murder of three [[women]].<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/teenager-ben-moynihan-sentenced-to-21-years-for-attempted-murder-of-three-women-because-he-could-not-10091277.html</ref> | ||
Ben left letters to the police in the run-up to his crimes. The letters said such things as:<ref>https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/virgin-teenager-ben-moynihan-stabbed-women-because-they-didnt-give-him-chance-1490820</ref>"when women won’t talk to you, it’s heartbreaking, why are they fussy with men nowadays," and "I think every girl is a type of [[slut]]…they do not give [[Men|boys]] like us a chance" | Ben left letters to the police in the run-up to his crimes. The letters said such things as:<ref>https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/virgin-teenager-ben-moynihan-stabbed-women-because-they-didnt-give-him-chance-1490820</ref>"when women won’t talk to you, it’s heartbreaking, why are they [[Sexual selector|fussy with men nowadays]]," and "I think every girl is a type of [[slut]]…they do not give [[Men|boys]] like us a chance" | ||
==Autism== | ==Autism== | ||
Like other young spree shooters: [[Adam Lanza]],<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sandy-hook-massacre-adam-lanza-paedophilia-fbi-files-mass-shooting-newtown-elementary-school-a8018566.html</ref> [[Elliot Rodger]], and [[Alek Minassian]], Ben suffered from an autism spectrum disorder<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/teenager-ben-moynihan-sentenced-to-21-years-for-attempted-murder-of-three-women-because-he-could-not-10091277.html</ref> and had demonstrated a "gross lack of [[empathy]]". | Like other young spree shooters: [[Adam Lanza]],<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sandy-hook-massacre-adam-lanza-paedophilia-fbi-files-mass-shooting-newtown-elementary-school-a8018566.html</ref> [[Elliot Rodger]], and [[Alek Minassian]], Ben suffered from an autism spectrum disorder<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/teenager-ben-moynihan-sentenced-to-21-years-for-attempted-murder-of-three-women-because-he-could-not-10091277.html</ref> and had demonstrated a "gross lack of [[empathy]]". | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Christopher Harper-Mercer]] | *[[Christopher Harper-Mercer]] | ||