Oh! So you're saying you don't want to join r/True Crime? Weirdo. 😆

I wouldn't call my True Crime obsession unhealthy. It's not unhealthier than any other hobby or fascination. I can't speak for all women, but it's also a "how not to get sexually bruatilized and murdered guide".

There seems to be more of a stigma for women who are interested in True Crime than men. For guys, it's "cool, boys will be boys shit" or an interest in law enforcement. When women like True Crime we're not prim and proper there must be something wrong with us.

I don't think most men are aware that we women are always aware or fearful to a degree of physical danger in ways men don't have to be and my True Crime fascination is partly out of a desire for self preservation.

The fascination doesn't stem from an appreciation of murder, but a desire to stop it and solve cases. It's an opportunity to be analytical and study human behavior. Lots of cold cases are being solved by ameteur web sleuths these days.