Writer Forum and our first question

I’ve been saying for a while that writers need an open forum where they can ask questions, even really suspicious-looking questions to try to hash out answers without feeling like a criminal or a jerk. (I’ll admit it I have looked at a building and wondered how best to blow it up, thought I have absolutely no intention of doing so, save for completely fictitiously as part of a plot. By the way, having this discussion on a public bus, even with someone who understand is a bad idea.) Instead of waiting around for someone else to start one, I’m going to start posting (occasionally) some of the writer questions or ideas that pop up and I feel warrant discussion (or I need an answer to). If you have a question feel free to email it to me because I think that wonderful things can happen if we can brain storm together.

And a note: because of the nature of this discussion I will be tolerating more than I usually would in the comments (so feel free to argue) but not threats, or hate speech will be allowed, and I ask that we all be courteous and refrain from name-calling as well.

Here’s my first question: I’m currently reading The Anatomy of Evil by Dr. Michael Stone (and I will be highly recommending it), which is essentially a long paper on killer psychology (from crimes of passion to serial killers). Machoism and inordinate sexual drive are both on Dr. Stone’s “Serial Killer Menu”. Given that there is record of a number of serial sexual homicides coming from men who are gay or bisexual and raised in supressive homes as a child, and in fact many of our most well know serial killers acted out in a homosexual manner…

Would a social environment more tolerant of sexuality, especially GLBTQ sexuality, lead to less serial killers?

Factors: We all know there would likely be no society able to universally accept everyone. Also, we all know that not all serial sexual homicides are male-on-male. Other than that, discuss.