Although Vronsky is all over the place in this book it all connects. He tells of serial killers from Mark Anthony's time to our time now. This book reveals scandals from the past that most people do not even dear to bring up. The chapters go from examples, to studies, to just random facts about female serial killers and how no matter what time they were always better at getting away with their crimes than the males. There are said to be female serial killers worse than jack the ripper; however, they are not mentioned because of fear of chaos or the fact that their crimes could never be proven. The most famous, dangerous, and hardly mentioned serial killers were woman and from early times. This was because of the lack of records, and because the way that women were treated back then made them more manipulative and vengeful.
Most horror stories today are because of female serial killers. Examples of these are count dracula and vampires. The theory of vampires came from Elizabeth Bathory who murdered women for their blood. She believed that is gave her youth and kept her beutiful. So Bathory drank, bathed, and wore the blood of her victoms. Records sgowed testomy of things she did like, "she bit out individual pieces of flesh from girls with her teeth" (Vronsky 88). Most people thought of this serial killer to be the devil. She killed hundreds and was successful with getting away with it for so long.
The book also lead to questions. Even after becoming an expert on serial killers Vronsky and many others can never be sure about why some women become serial killers. Studies showed that women could become serial killers based on abuse (physical or mental from anytime in there life) or abandonment from parents. Studies show that males who were seperated from there fathers at birth often became criminals or murderers. These studies also showed that women who were seperated from trhere mothers at bith often kill, become abusive, or lack affection and trust which later turns into something more. The problem with this is that even after the study there were still questions left unanswered. Something else unexplainable causes some women to kill, think/dream of murder, and even worse plot to the point where they almost never get cought.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Female Serial Killers ... (intro-pg60)
The book Female Serial Killers by Peter Vronsky is of course about female serial killers. This book goes in to the deep and dark minds of those who have killed and what got them to those points. Vronsky talks to experts, detectives, mass murderers, and anyone with possible information on serial killers.
At first Vronsky wanted to right a book a male serial killers until he found the the fact that one out of every six serial killers is a woman. Many people do not even think of women when they hear "serial killer". Vronsky also did not when he was finding information on male serial killers and later found out that he interviewed a few female serial killers. It was soon found out that people (women and men) do not consider women when it comes to serial killers because people often vision that, "... women are victims and males are collectively oppressors" (Vronsky 9). This stereotype is often why victims of female serial killers do not see the attacks coming. Most people could never see their mother, a nurse, or baby sister attacking them while they are most vulnerable. This all convinced Vronsky to change his topic for a book on only female serial killers.
In Female Serial Killers, Vronsky often compares the female serial killers back to the males. This is to show how much better the females are at the crimes that they commit and why they get away with these crimes for either a long time or forever. Vronsky also talks about the many different definitions of a serial killer and often how women fit into all of them. The further into the book that one goes the more that one learns and can see why female serial killers stay under the radar.
At first Vronsky wanted to right a book a male serial killers until he found the the fact that one out of every six serial killers is a woman. Many people do not even think of women when they hear "serial killer". Vronsky also did not when he was finding information on male serial killers and later found out that he interviewed a few female serial killers. It was soon found out that people (women and men) do not consider women when it comes to serial killers because people often vision that, "... women are victims and males are collectively oppressors" (Vronsky 9). This stereotype is often why victims of female serial killers do not see the attacks coming. Most people could never see their mother, a nurse, or baby sister attacking them while they are most vulnerable. This all convinced Vronsky to change his topic for a book on only female serial killers.
In Female Serial Killers, Vronsky often compares the female serial killers back to the males. This is to show how much better the females are at the crimes that they commit and why they get away with these crimes for either a long time or forever. Vronsky also talks about the many different definitions of a serial killer and often how women fit into all of them. The further into the book that one goes the more that one learns and can see why female serial killers stay under the radar.
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