A Cocktail for Murder: Narcissism and Misogyny

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So apparently Rodgers was diagnosed for Aspergers and the media wasn’t making it up. However, I still stand by my following points:

• Aspergers is a form of Autism, which has no correlation with violence.

• Because of said correlation, the Aspergers is not to blame for his crime.

• The media using his Aspergers as a scapegoat for his murders is sickening. Rather they should focus on the real issue at hand: misogyny.  By blaming killers for their mental illness (if they have one), it gives a negative perspective to those who suffer from the disease(s), and are trying to live normal lives.

Yet the Aspergers could explain why he had very few to no friends. One of the symptoms of this mental illness is awkward social interaction.  This obviously led to his loneliness and depression, but where did the narcissism and misogyny come from? According to his manifesto, his father influenced him with the concept of ‘if you’re attractive, women will come to you’. This was sparked in Rodgers mind when his father got a girlfriend no sooner he divorced his wife. Rodgers held his father in a higher regard for being such a handsome man to immediately attract women.  He also believed that once a young man hit puberty, opportunities of sex and pleasure would appear before him.

Rodgers was also brought up with the rich life: Hollywood red carpet premieres, the latest fashions, trendy hair styles, the newest gaming consoles, and many other luxuries.  He became dependent on this particular lifestyle for the best experiences of life and to mold him into a handsome man who could easily attract women, just like his father.  

He was determined to look the best, have the best of things, and be the best; thus resulting in narcissism. Narcissism includes a lack of empathy for anyone and an extreme sense of self importance. Those afflicted with narcissism are angered when they aren’t given any form of gratification (ex.: social status, sex, having a partner, having something, etc.). They also tend to hold offensive ideas of women, believing they are gold diggers, temptresses of sex who don’t deliver, and pranksters who like to get men under their thumb. This illness combined with his already negative view of women, caused Rodgers to evolve into a narcissistic misogynist; believing that he was entitled to women and intercourse.

Rodgers is an example of what men should not be, nor root for. He was a man who not only disrespected women, but brought to light the horrific misogyny in this world. I hope there will be a day when misogyny is tossed like an old shoe into a flaming garbage pile, never to surface humanity again.