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Boys Who Love Serial Killers and The Girls Who Don't Love Them

Posted by Katie Halper

Here's some free advice for men trying to meet women online. Although it may seem counterintuitive, don't tell us your favorite book is about a misogynist serial killer.

When surfing the online personals, you will run into a surprising number of (not surprisingly) single men who list American Psycho as their favorite book and/ or movie.
Now, men, I don't blame you for not knowing any better,  because you are from Mars and women are from Venus. But, when trying to put your best online foot forward, you actually don't want to tell us that you get hot and bothered over the story of a misogynist serial killer. And no, the movie I list as my favorite on my own online profile is not Monster. It's The Trial of Lorena Bobbit.

 


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Beena said:

I love that book and would be hot and bothered if a gent shared that interest.

May 16, 2008 4:13 AM

steveEEZE said:

Although I might not mention it if I was trying to get a date, I don't think American Psycho is a misogynistic book at all. Neither did Bret Easton Ellis, or Mary Harmon, the director of the movie, and in some circles, a feminist icon. Seeing it as misogyny is incredibly short-sighted. Are we meant, for even one moment, to like or empathize with Patrick Bateman or any of his friends? Absolutely not. The book is a modern day misanthropic comedy of manners, in which our scorn for the main characters is relieved by their unhappiness. In other words, read the thing again.  

May 16, 2008 9:25 PM

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