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Women appear to have a simultaneous preference for physical threat and [[romance]] in men, the former for [[Bodyguard hypothesis|protection]] and the latter for [[hypergamy|provision]]. Both are a consequence of a sex difference in [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]]. | Women appear to have a simultaneous preference for physical threat and [[romance]] in men, the former for [[Bodyguard hypothesis|protection]] and the latter for [[hypergamy|provision]]. Both are a consequence of a sex difference in [[Bateman's principle|parental investment]]. | ||
==Prevalence== | ==Prevalence== | ||
Hybristophilia appears to be an almost entirely female phenomenon. | Hybristophilia appears to be an almost entirely female phenomenon.<ref>Matuszak, M. (n.d.). ''[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55dfd21ee4b0718764fb34cc/t/5cb7cabee5e5f00ab13be58b/1555548863275/Hybristophilia+White+Paper.pdf Hybristophilia White Paper]''. 'Diametrically, there has also been significant variation within the population of women described as experiencing hybristophilia, including descriptions of women with significant professional status (Isenberg, 2014), no reported history of sexual or physical abuse (Vitello, 2006) or a lower percentage of past sexual tauma than comparable sample sizes (Federoff, Fishell, & Federoff, 1999).'</ref>While men were attracted to a handful of female convicts like Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias, the degree of the attraction was much smaller than the attraction women have displayed toward almost all modern high profile mass murderers. In men's cases, such women are almost always naturally physically attractive, whereas female hybristophilia seems to offer a rare exception to looks theory. | ||
While men were attracted to a handful of female convicts like Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias, the degree of the attraction was much smaller than the attraction women have displayed toward almost all modern high profile mass murderers. In men's cases, such women are almost always naturally physically attractive, whereas female hybristophilia seems to offer a rare exception to looks theory. | |||
More than 60% of women have [[rape#Rape_fantasies|rape fantasies]], which likely overlaps with hybristophilia as rape is considered a crime in many modern countries. Women might even underreport such fantasies due to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_desirability_bias social desirability bias]. More evidence is that rape is often portrayed in romance novels which accounts for 40% of mass paperback sales in the United States,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_are_drawn_more_than_men_to_nonfiction_stories_of_rape.2C_murder.2C_and_serial_killers</ref> with romance novels about dangerous and criminal men being primarily consumed by women. Women also have a keen interest in crime reports. On [[Reddit]], one finds women are strongly overrepresented on e.g. [https://old.reddit.com/r/truecrime /r/truecrime], but strongly underrepresented on [https://old.reddit.com/r/police /r/police], which means interest in law enforcement cannot explain this pattern.<ref>http://bburky.com/subredditgenderratios/</ref> | More than 60% of women have [[rape#Rape_fantasies|rape fantasies]], which likely overlaps with hybristophilia as rape is considered a crime in many modern countries. Women might even underreport such fantasies due to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_desirability_bias social desirability bias]. More evidence is that rape is often portrayed in romance novels which accounts for 40% of mass paperback sales in the United States,<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_are_drawn_more_than_men_to_nonfiction_stories_of_rape.2C_murder.2C_and_serial_killers</ref> with romance novels about dangerous and criminal men being primarily consumed by women. Women also have a keen interest in crime reports. On [[Reddit]], one finds women are strongly overrepresented on e.g. [https://old.reddit.com/r/truecrime /r/truecrime], but strongly underrepresented on [https://old.reddit.com/r/police /r/police], which means interest in law enforcement cannot explain this pattern.<ref>http://bburky.com/subredditgenderratios/</ref> | ||