This brings to mind Charles Whitman, who killed his wife and mother before killing fourteen more people, and wounding over thirty others. He left a note that requested an autopsy after his death to determine if there were a physiological reason for his acts. At autopsy, a brain tumor was found that might possibly have contributed to his actions.
Dr Stone states that sometimes pathologies that lead to serial sexual homicide are caused by trauma in areas of the brain, due to an accident for instance, in an otherwise totally "normal" person. I wonder, then, if only MEN are prone to that kind of reaction to trauma; if women, given the same kind of trauma to the same area of the brain, do not suffer a similar reaction? Is that a "scientific" explanation that just covers 50% of humans? How cheap!!
@alflayla5 Social and cultural factors actually change the physical development of the brain. Because boys and girls are socialized and enculturated differently, gender differences can result. So then if a man and a woman are subjected to the same type of trauma, their responses may be the same or may be different depending on how strongly they were socialized in their gender role.
@NimbusDX Granted. But then we should say that pathologies can lead to serial sexual homicide GIVEN certain social/cultural factors. The cause of this kind of behaviour is not physical, and it's not so simple. In fact, Dr Stone does not mention that MOST serial sexual killers are men -- and, as we all now, inside the group "men" the definition can be narrowed down to a much more limited section of population, trauma or not. Just what kind of men can turn into killers after a bump to their head?
@alflayla5 Very true. When social and cultural factors come in, things get very complicated and difficult to analyze. Brain injuries can have some very strange effects though. A personality is much more fragile than one might imagine. A brain injury can cause a perfectly normal and functional person to develop bizarre and abnormal behaviors or to experience an extreme shift in personality. There was a good article on the topic in Slate magazine a few months ago called "Naughty by Nature".
I've never heard of brain injuries causing psychosis. I always believed it to be genetics almost entirely.
chazerrrr 12 hours ago
you can believe what this guy says because he backs it up with evidence :)
upliftzippy 8 months ago
This brings to mind Charles Whitman, who killed his wife and mother before killing fourteen more people, and wounding over thirty others. He left a note that requested an autopsy after his death to determine if there were a physiological reason for his acts. At autopsy, a brain tumor was found that might possibly have contributed to his actions.
YY4Me133 8 months ago
Dr Stone states that sometimes pathologies that lead to serial sexual homicide are caused by trauma in areas of the brain, due to an accident for instance, in an otherwise totally "normal" person. I wonder, then, if only MEN are prone to that kind of reaction to trauma; if women, given the same kind of trauma to the same area of the brain, do not suffer a similar reaction? Is that a "scientific" explanation that just covers 50% of humans? How cheap!!
alflayla5 8 months ago
@alflayla5 Social and cultural factors actually change the physical development of the brain. Because boys and girls are socialized and enculturated differently, gender differences can result. So then if a man and a woman are subjected to the same type of trauma, their responses may be the same or may be different depending on how strongly they were socialized in their gender role.
NimbusDX 8 months ago
@NimbusDX Granted. But then we should say that pathologies can lead to serial sexual homicide GIVEN certain social/cultural factors. The cause of this kind of behaviour is not physical, and it's not so simple. In fact, Dr Stone does not mention that MOST serial sexual killers are men -- and, as we all now, inside the group "men" the definition can be narrowed down to a much more limited section of population, trauma or not. Just what kind of men can turn into killers after a bump to their head?
alflayla5 8 months ago
@alflayla5 Very true. When social and cultural factors come in, things get very complicated and difficult to analyze. Brain injuries can have some very strange effects though. A personality is much more fragile than one might imagine. A brain injury can cause a perfectly normal and functional person to develop bizarre and abnormal behaviors or to experience an extreme shift in personality. There was a good article on the topic in Slate magazine a few months ago called "Naughty by Nature".
NimbusDX 8 months ago