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Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Ep 151 | Women Love PSYCHOS? Stalkers in Romance

Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Lauren Chen

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Edward Cullen, Christian Grey, and now Joe Goldberg. These characters are some of the most romanticized in pop culture, but they all share a concerning trait: They're psychopaths. In this video, we look at the women who glorify abusive behaviors and examine why in the world some women might actually be attracted to stalkers. Go to https://BlackRifleCoffee.com/Lauren and use code ‘LAUREN’ for 20% OFF your first order - including Black Rifle Coffee Club! The social media platform that actually allows you to speak freely. Download Parler today at https://Parler.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome back to the show.

0:05.0

Today we're going to be talking about how and why some women seem to love psychopaths, especially in entertainment.

0:16.6

We're talking movies, books, and TV shows.

0:19.4

Now, I feel like we all know that one girl, maybe she's really smart and beautiful, talented and

0:25.0

friendly, but when it comes to her taste in men, it's just yikes.

0:30.5

Big nope and it doesn't matter how much this woman has going for her, how high her standards could be,

0:35.8

she will zero in on the most toxic, possessive, creepy guy time and time again and be all,

0:42.2

ooh, isn't he dreamy?

0:44.0

He's so romantic.

0:45.0

It's like, no, are we thinking of the same person here

0:50.0

because I'm pretty sure that guy has like four other girls in his freezer as we speak and I really don't want to be one of those friends interviewed for a Netflix true crime documentary who's all yeah, we knew he was bad news from the start of it, but she just wouldn't listen.

1:04.8

People like that can be really frustrating, especially if you care about them because you don't want them to get hurt.

1:10.8

But getting hurt is inevitably where their relationships lead because that's just what

1:16.1

happens when you date garbage human garbage and the funny thing is the more I've thought about it and

1:22.1

the more I've looked on in horror as my gender consistently swoons over the worst even borderline

1:29.1

abusive if not just flat-out

1:34.1

I've come to realize maybe just maybe we all have a little bit of that

1:39.0

emotionally unstable whirlwind of bad decisions girl inside of us.

1:44.6

And I do know this seems like a random episode to make, but to tell you the truth right now,

1:49.4

I feel like all news and conversation, literally my entire timeline is dedicated to a let's just say certain

1:57.8

illness of Asian origin which I cannot mention by name lest I be put in the algorithm Gulag.

2:05.0

And we actually did an episode about it last Wednesday and it was not good.

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