People are fascinated by what scares them. I kind of chalk it up to how men will watch war movies. The threat of having to go to war is a lot more real for men than women with selective service and such.

Being stalked or sexually assaulted or being targeted by a serial killer who hates women is more of a threat to women. So it's a more visceral fear to explore for then.

It's kind of odd because I hate to hear about that stuff. But I live with an elderly religious woman. She can't handle cursing at all. Her daughter had to stop watching shows on HBO and such because she'll always complain about how much the cursing bothers her. But half the time I go by her room I get to hear about awful stuff done to some poor woman being described by a narrator.