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    Women are more drawn to true-crime stories because they include survivalrelevant information. More drawn to Crime Movies than war / gang movies which may help them survive future situations. More will choose the movie with a survival strategy.

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    Crime Movies &

    Gender Preference
    Molly Brazil, Megan Beatty & Lily Katz

    Honors 221
    March 19, 2015

    Do women like
    reading about crime
    more than men? If
    so, why is that the
    case?

    Hypothesis

    Amazon book
    reviews, true
    crime/war
    book
    summaries

    Women are more


    drawn to true-crime
    stories because they
    include survivalrelevant information

    Vicary and Fraley

    Results
    consistent
    with
    hypothesis

    Crime Movies: Do women enjoy them


    more than men?
    Evolutionary explanation?

    Survival Tactic: Is it gender specific?

    Question

    More drawn
    to crime
    movies than
    war/ gang
    movies

    Which may help


    them survive
    future situations
    More will
    chose the
    movie with
    a survival
    strategy

    Hypothesis

    1. Age
    2. Gender
    3. 4 Movie Synopses: Choose 2
    2 crime & 2 violent

    4. 2 Movie Synopses: Choose 1


    1 survival mechanism & 1 non-survival

    Methods

    Demographics: Age

    Demographics : Gender

    The Cellar

    War Torn

    A Deadly Secret

    Justice: The Life of a


    Female Gangster

    Read the following movie synopses & pick


    the 2 you would most like to watch:

    Results

    Wanderlust
    Survival Strategy

    Running from Death


    No Survival Strategy

    Which of the following movies


    would you most like to watch:

    Results

    Restricte
    d
    Demogr
    aphics

    Amateur
    Movie
    Synopse
    s

    Discussion

    Survival
    Tactic

    Forced
    Dichoto
    my

    QUESTIONS?
    Thank You!

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