Jeffrey Dahmer: A Famous American Serial Killer

There have been many reports of serial killings across the globe. These sort of things are revolting and are disturbing to the normal person. But have you ever wondered why people do these despicable acts? What prompts these savage slaughters? Most people have wondered that very thing. There are even popular television shows based on this very topic. Well let me show you the inner workings that make these people tick.

There are many motivations involved in serial killings such as the fear of rejection, power, and perfection. Most serial killer tend to be intensely afraid of rejection and are very insecure. They try not to cultivate a relationship with their intended victim so as to avoid the possibility of being abandoned, humiliated, or exposed. There are many serial killers who engage in intercourse - the ultimate form of intimacy - with their victims, and many times also with the corpse. In doing this there is no risk of rejection. Serial killers also find satisfaction in prolonging the suffering of their victims, giving them the feeling of power over the victim. In doing this the get to decide if and how the victim will either live or die.

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He was a pretty happy child overall until he had to have a minor surgery to correct a double hernia when he was 6 years old. The surgery seemed to affect him. Dahmer’s father was very consumed in his own things and his mother also suffered with severe psychological problems. As his mother’s disease got worse the conflicts within his family escalated. He felt guilty of her sickness and thought that he was the main cause of all the problems in the family. When he was a teenager his parents’ divorce and the psychological stresses that came from it may have been the tipping point that turned his thoughts about necrophilia and murder into action. In his life he killed many males which involved drugging, raping, beating, dismembering, photographing, and eating