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.
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Women are less likely to murder than men, but it does happen.
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Content: And I'm suspecting that in respect to female psychopaths, you'll see a similar reflection there." Female psychopaths probably dabble in all sorts of criminal offenses too, he added, but they're usually not the ones raping people. "And they're much less likely to be committing homicide," he said. " When it comes to the sex differences in ratio it's really large — nine males for every female murderer. So I would think you'd get that with male and female psychopathy too." Women are less likely to murder than men, but it does happen. dubasyk / Shutterstock
Women, of course, do kill sometimes. In an article for The Conversation, Marissa Harrison wrote about her research looking at 64 female serial killers. The results of the study found that most female serial killers were middle- and upper-class. Almost all of them were white and had a degree or college education.