It’s in the name, true crime. Similar crimes have happened to themselves or people they know. It’s natural to want to understand it.
Then we have patriarchal obsession about virginity and chastity, which those crimes can be seen as overcoming in a twisted way, providing an “““escapist””” fantasy. You can’t be a sl*t if someone r*pes you. 🧠
It’s in the name, true crime. Similar crimes have happened to themselves or people they know. It’s natural to want to understand it.
Then we have patriarchal obsession about virginity and chastity, which those crimes can be seen as overcoming in a twisted way, providing an “““escapist””” fantasy. You can’t be a sl*t if someone r*pes you. 🧠
ngl we also have a whole genre of fiction that is true crime adjacent that folks like myself even enjoy.
True Detective and almost the entire Cohen bros. repertoire come to mind.