In all of the definitions of this diagnosis, there is no specific gender criteria, but no known research or literature was found that involved the diagnosis of hybristophilia for a male subject or even any discussion of male populations as experiencing a sexual attraction to criminal behavior.
Myth: Serial killers are only motivated by sex.
All serial murders are not sexually-based. There are many other motivations for serial murders including anger, thrill, financial gain, and attention seeking.
The 'Bonnie and Clyde Syndrome'
One possible explanation is a condition called hybristophilia, which is sometimes called the "Bonnie and Clyde syndrome" after notorious 1930s criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Hybristophilia occurs when a person is aroused by the idea of someone committing a crime.
Causes of hybristophilia
Although, among the possible causes we can find the following: History of abuse. Studies have shown that women who have a history of abuse in their childhood tend to choose sexual and romantic partners with a criminal and aggressive profile. This continues the pattern of abuse.
Terrorists such as Ted Kaczynski, Anders Behring Breivik, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have also been the objects of hybristophilia. School shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold have been posthumously subjected to hybristophilia.
In the most extreme instances of hybristophilia, individuals may become participants in criminal activity alongside their (usually male) partners. These instances are known as “active” or “aggressive” hybristophilia.
The sexual attraction to statues, also known as 'agalmatophilia', seems to be prevalent in the Ancient World: the case of the Cnidian Aphrodite is of particular interest. According to multiples ancient sources, this statue, made by Praxiteles was able to arouse the erotic desire in the observer.
Hybristophiliacs are people who are sexually aroused and attracted to people who have committed cruel, gruesome crimes such as murder and rape. It occurs more often in women than in men.
Also, if a person can only be sexually aroused within these parameters. In any case, there's no single, well-established treatment for hybristophilia, even though some techniques might be effective.
For those working in correctional facilities in the US, hybristophilia is said to affect almost 4 per cent of prison workers, which includes not only prison guards, but psychologists, social workers, nurses, teachers, and other professionals.
Schizophrenia and Antisocial Personality Disorder are the most common diagnoses amongst serial killers.
Four types of serial murderers are identified: the 'visionary,' the 'mission-oriented,' 'hedonistic,' and 'power/control-oriented.
The hedonistic type kills for the pleasure derived from the act of killing. Finally, the power/control-oriented type derives gratification from exerting control over a helpless victim.
Serial killers almost always lack remorse. Most of the time, though, lack of remorse is directly related to a killer's lack of empathy. If you're unable to empathize with someone who is afraid or in pain, you aren't going to feel much (if any) remorse about ending that person's life.
Researchers have identified certain characteristics of female serial killers, finding they tend to be white, married at least once, of at least average intelligence, and are more likely to be employed in healthcare professions.
The passive hybristophiliac is attracted to criminals, yes, but not to crime. Aggressive hybristophiliacs, on the other hand, are totally down with committing crimes.
Hybristophilia (also known as the Bonnie and Clyde Syndrome) is a form of paraphilia (or perversion) involving sexual attraction to people who have committed some sort of "outrage". The term is usually associated with fans of notorious criminals.
Some may become sexually aroused by being with a partner convicted of a severe crime such as rape, murder, or armed robbery. This is a paraphilia known as hybristophilia. American psychiatry's diagnostic system, DSM-5, notes that this condition may interfere with the establishment of normal sexual relationships.
n. a paraphilia characterized by sexual attraction to trees. The person may have actual sexual contact with trees, may venerate them as phallic symbols, or both. Also called dendrophily.
Fraysexual: sexual attraction fades after initially meeting someone (opposite of demisexual) Cupiosexual: wanting a sexual relationship, but does not experience sexual attraction. Lithosexual: experiencing sexual attraction, but not wanting it reciprocated.
Dendrophilia (or less often arborphilia or dendrophily) literally means "love of trees". The term may sometimes refer to a paraphilia in which people are sexually attracted to or sexually aroused by trees. This may involve sexual contact or veneration as phallic symbols or both.
1. Predatory Behavior. The most common serial killer trait is predatory behavior. While this behavior in animals is seen in the pursuit and capture of prey for foods, serial killers often stalk their victims or act on impulse when they see a potential victim.
Our minds deal with dangerous people like they do with other dangerous predators: We try to learn about them when it is safe to do so because this helps us know how to more effectively avoid them. Humans have a uniquely impressive ability to imagine events and experience them through mental simulation.
3 Place-Specific Killers Killers who rather than hunting their victims, repeatedly kill in the same environment, i.e. place of work or at home. Visionary Type of offenders is the least common of the serial killers.