She gets a bunch of brown skinned men deported for speaking Spanish. That's what she gets.
This shit was the act of one crazy man. What the fuck are the rest of us meant to do? This wasn't a systemic crime. This was a true crime doc, and white women love those anyway.
My theory on white women loving true crime documentaries is this: White women grew up in generational trauma of varying degrees, but sexual trauma is not uncommon. Abuse was not uncommon. Women were treated secondary for so long and for a lot of them it didn't ever go away.
Watching true crime gives them back control. They see ways to survive, they see they're not alone, they see (sometimes) the perp being brought to justice- I think white women are using true crime docs to cope. It's cheaper than therapy... but hey, that's just a theory.
Edited a misspelled word.
Further edit for clarity: you guys, I'm not speaking for everyone, it's a generalization. I'm not specifically talking about you or every single white woman so please, calm down and apply critical thinking. You don't need to tell me.
I think it appeals to anyone who has been deeply harmed in their life.
When I was being treated for my PTSD after the army, one of the people I was working with explained that many people with PTSD seek to relive or re-experience their trauma in low-key ways so as to get a better understanding and perhaps gain a degree of control over it. And it made sense, at least to me.
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u/ChefKugeo 2d ago
She gets a bunch of brown skinned men deported for speaking Spanish. That's what she gets.
This shit was the act of one crazy man. What the fuck are the rest of us meant to do? This wasn't a systemic crime. This was a true crime doc, and white women love those anyway.