Why are female serial killers so few in number?

[BoyfriendMateriall]

Is it that they are less likely to be caught due to being seen as more 'innocent' throughout much of history, is it instead that they are simply less likely to commit serial murder due to different brain chemistry, or is it that their preferred methods are much easier to disguise compared to male killers?

For example, many of the documented female killers or nurses or noblewomen. Nurses can just claim natural causes if they commit the act say via suffocation or overdose - especially back in the day when things were harder to prove - and noblewomen would have the position of power to silence anyone under them. Despite that, if they go far enough the word will eventually get out, as is the case with those such as Elizabeth Bathory, Delphine LaLaurie or La Quintrala.

So, what do you think? Are women simply less prone to the psychological makeup that makes some a killer, or do differences in temperament make it easier for them to get away with it?

[jshm2]

They aren't.

There probably are as many female serial killers as male, but they are better at blending in.

[MzAsh]

I think we might see a change to that soon.

[BoyfriendMateriall]

What makes you say that?

[MzAsh]

If they keep pushing to turn back time on woman’s reproductive choices, they see how aggressive women can be.

[BoyfriendMateriall]

I mean, abortion isn't really relative to this but I'll bite;

Abortion isn't contraception. The definition of contraception is something that prevents pregnancy - if you are getting an abortion, pregnancy has already occurred. You have an abundance of contraceptive choices, those being condoms, the pill, an implant, an IUD, sterilization or a vasectomy, or even outright abstinence. Sex is not a need, it is a desire, and so if you wish to partake then you are opening yourself up to the risks - those being STDs or pregnancy. You are responsible for your own actions, and that child played no part in it's conception. If you don't think your ready to be a parent then that is fair enough, put the child up for adoption. There are plenty of more responsible people who sadly don't have the options most do who would be happy to take them off of your hands.

[MzAsh]

I completely understand that’s the way you see it. There are people who will disagree. The point is, no one gets to make that decision for the individual except for the individual themselves.

[BoyfriendMateriall]

... Not the person who participated in the creation of that child? Nor the child itself, currently incapable of giving a plea for life?

Being in a position of power over something doesn't give you the excuse to throw it away because it inconveniences you.

[MzAsh]

The one pregnant is the one with the most physical responsibility. She may consult with the man who took part in conception, but if it comes down to a disagreement then she has the right to make the final call.

[BoyfriendMateriall]

A blatant double standard, let's swap the genders for the sake of argument;

The woman is really excited to have a baby, but the man changes his mind. He breaks up with her and legally forces her to abort the baby as he can do that, leaving the woman feeling understandably heartbroken and betrayed.

If you don't want a child but your partner does, and you get pregnant, do the responsible thing and just give them custody.

[MzAsh]

That’s an option.

[BoyfriendMateriall]

Yet not the one you'd choose, I'll bet.

[MzAsh]

I don’t know. I’ve never actually had to make the decision. I thought I might have to a couple times. (Until I took the test). It put me in a completely different mindset. I mean, you think you’ve got it all figured out with your ideals and all that until you are actually faced with it and then everything is different. I considered all options. But I was relieved I didn’t have to make a decision.

[MagicCarpet1]

Because they fight like a girl. LMAO!