How and why are attractive male killers romanticized in the media?

Audio Recording 4 Nov 2021 at 20:08:43. How and why are attractive male killers romanticized in the media?.

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Charlottes Slide. Previous research. The Cinematic Romanticisation of the Serial Killer in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Captured by True Crime: Why Are Women Drawn to Tales of Rape, Murder, and Serial Killers? Casting Cultural Monsters: Representations of Serial Killers in U.S. and U.K. News Media.

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Sound Medium with solid fill. The romanisation of male serial killers across print and website media is made apparent via the use of language that contributes to three main discourses. Theme 1: Discourses Of Attraction e.g., “charming”, “female admirers” and “handsome” (Prachi, 2015) Theme 2: Discourses Of Sexism Media tends to focus on the appearance of male serial killers, criticising their crimes less harshly than female serial killers who are often “portrayed as an aberration of true womanhood” ( Easteal et al.) Theme 3:Discourses of Heroism Despite the severity of the crimes of serial killers such as Ted Bundy, the media uses language that suggests he is a “romantic hero” and “perfect”. Can one really be considered a hero when they have murdered innocent people? According to magazines such as Cosmopolitan, they can. Ultimately, it can be concluded that there is an “implicit positive bias toward attractive versus unattractive individuals” (Nolan and Kelly ,2020)..

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Sound Medium with solid fill. Theory. Social psychology: Ambivalent Sexism A general strain theory – Broidy & Agnew “males experience somewhat different types of strain than females” Is there a societal acceptance of men as violent? How can men and women be treated so differently for committing the same crimes?.

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