Ethan Strauss and Pablo Torre were discussing the True Crime interest, which is primarily female versus the Sports universe, which is predominantly male. Strauss suggested that sports is about renting war, and True Crime is about renting death. That didn't ring true to me, and I sought a better description. I think both are about identification with others. Sports is used to physically identify with someone, while True crimes is about identifying with a victim or the unjustly accused.
Play with it and see if you can improve on that.
Women interested in sports other than what their children are playing often use it as a social identification with their town, state, or region. Men do this as well, but are more likely to be fans of both teams and of select players whoever they play for.
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I just started a post series about some issues with true crime, so I’m interested in this topic. I don’t have a good rubric for who is a true crime fans, but I did take a Quick Look and noted that sports fandom appears more common in men (about 80%) than true crime fandom is in women (about 50%). I also found that true crime is considered a $3 billion dollar industry, whereas sports in general are $552 billion. The NFL alone is at least $18-$25 billion.
I am not endorsing any particular interpretation of those numbers, but any ideas we have should consider those numbers.
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