Why is it that the vast majority of stalkers are men?

Question

Usually an ex girlfriend or wife or just a woman who is not interested in them.

Why do you think this is?

Answer 1

If it's empirical evidence as mo suggests then that's just the way it is. Why does the ocean drown people? Is it right or wrong? It just does

Answer 2

As the inferior s*x, I just think we have an obsession with women that they don't have with us.

Answer 3

The majority of reported stalkers.  I know men who have been stalked by women, but the women are smaller than they are, so the men aren't as afraid.  They usually just go up to the woman and tell them off, or go ahead and have s*x with them.  They don't care if a girl wants to have s*x with them, and they don't want to - s*x is s*x, and as Richard Pryor said, "there's no bad p*ssy."

Also, men may have the need to control the other partner more than women and stalking is all about control.

Answer 4

Men "stalk" when their ego-slash-manhood is threatened. a man will generally not exhibit obsessive behavior over a woman he has no emotional connection with. Usually men become obsessive when a gal breaks it off before he is prepared to let go - he needs to have closure, he needs to know it wasn't his fault, on and on until his ego is soothed and he then turns his attentions elsewhere.   You always hear stories from women like "my ex won't stop calling me" or texting me or whatever - time usually heals this with no repurcussions in the majority of the cases - but there's always the nut job who actually hurts a woman and his defense is "the b**** deserved it."  But fortunately, that's the nut jobs and not the norm.  2 times I broke it off with a guy and had him retaliate  - one stole the hubcaps off of my car, another threatened to show up at my job and tell everyone what a "liar" I was. Most guys have had the class to just accept the situation and move along.

Answer 5

I suspect it has to do with how much someone wants control over someone else.  I've certainly seen cases of women stalking men, but you're right, the balance seems towards what you've described.  Culturally (in the USA), aggression in males is more expected than in females (though I've heard of cases where more females are getting "in touch with their aggressive side" in schools).  Do we accept aggression in either s*x in polite society?

Answer 6

Do you have data to back up this statement?

Answer 7

Did you read my last question? It's a conspiracy on their part to end the world by way of world wide gender war. LOL

why thumbs down, come on you know it's true you're just trying to throw us off the scent but you can't, we are like blood hounds we're on your trail. hehehehehahahahahah   Bwuahhahahahahahahaahah

Answer 8

Does this finally prove to the feminist that men and women are not equal.

Answer 9

Because the vast majority of narcissists (as in 'narcissistic personality disorder') and psychopaths are men.  The empirical data backs this up.  Who are we to argue with the scientific evidence?

Answer 10

Women are smarter and don't get caught out doing it - we are more clever and subtle at it.

Answer 11

men tend to be more jealous then girls.

Answer 12

It's a side effect of the expectation for the man to always be the aggressor in relationships. Some take it too far, some are just nuts or are lacking some understanding of social norms and some do it intentionally to be jerks.

Also, the only real distinction between a man being a stalker and being persistent in some cases is whether the woman wants the attention from that man or not. I don't think women get the balancing act men have to play between showing interest and making moves at the right times with the right women, and being TOO interested or creepy or misreading subtle signals. It's a lot harder than you think.

Women do it too, but usually the effect is more annoying than menacing so I am assuming this is under-reported or not  always recognized.

Answer 13

Wrong....

http://thenononsenseman.com/PopUps/HellH...

Just to name a few..

Answer 14

Perhaps they can't tolerate losing their 'toy.'

I don't know for sure, though.

I was stalked by a woman BECAUSE of a guy. I was stalked by a man I think because he had so little else to do... weird, weird guy.

Answer 15

It is a power game-the less interested you are the more the psychopaths use their 'stalking' to show their power over you and deem you helpless in their eyes- exactly where they fantasise you to be

Answer 16

The answer is pretty obvious, once you accept that there are (inherent) psychological differences between men and women. Of course, it's funny how feminists like Mo can only accept these differences when they cast men in a bad light.

So Sigy, why aren't you asking about munchausen syndrome by proxy, where basically all of the abusers are women?

Answer 17

I think that the vast majority of stalkers are men because unlike women men have a hard time expressing their emotions so when they become emotionally or physically attached to someone they dont know how to "talk about it" or just "let it out" and because they keep everything botteled up and become obssessed they then become stalkers.

Answer 18

Because like in everything except rhythmic gymnastics men are better at it.

Answer 19

We're better at it. Goes back to our dinosaur hunting days.

Answer 20

Well, obsession of any kind is a mental imbalance of sort. It is a popular knowledge that men are more often suffering from mental disorders than women do. Unfortunate, but true.

Answer 21

Who knows...maybe because women historically get over men quicker?  You know, we died earlier, younger etc and in the past,  a woman with children needed protection/help?  

Also maybe some are just creepy?