Title: Male and Female Psychopaths: How They Are Different
Headings: The main differences between male and female psychopaths
The main differences between male and female psychopaths
Lindsay Dodgson
There are more male psychopaths than female ones.
How a psychopath's brain is different
Women are less likely to murder than men, but it does happen.
Psychopaths aren't all obsessed with killing
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Content: "Most psychopaths don't kill," he said. " Most psychopaths are not violent. However, they are perhaps more likely to be violent, and more likely to commit homicide than other offenders." It sounds contradictory, but that's because the rate of homicide is so low. If 1% of the non-psychopathic population considers murder, then a psychopath may be two or three times as likely to consider murder — 2 to 3% of them. That number is still relatively small. "I wouldn't think psychopaths, generally speaking, have an unusual fascination with death, more than the average person," Raine said. " Male psychopaths, if they are going to kill, they are far more likely to than a female psychopath. But you'll always find examples of female psychopaths who kill. There's always exceptions."