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just went for chinese food. came online to check out prof. hottie's picture again, magnifying it to life-size proportions, trying not to lick the screen...decided to google a phrase (out of guilt for the photo manipulation) and came up with this, much to my dismay:

The authors found that female stalkers were different from male stalkers in several ways:

...The nature of the prior relationship with the victim differed, with female stalkers more likely to target professional contacts and less likely to harass strangers. Female stalkers were also more likely than male stalkers to pursue victims of the same gender. The majority of female stalkers were motivated by the desire to establish intimacy with their victim, whereas men showed a broader range of motivations....

A female stalker typically seeks to attain a close intimacy with her victim, who usually is someone previously known and frequently is a person cast in the professional role of helper. While the contexts for stalking may differ by gender, the intrusiveness of the behaviors and potential for harm does not. (Purcell, et.al., 2001)

The researchers found that 40% of female stalkers pursued someone with whom they had professional contact, such as psychiatrists psychologists and family doctors. Almost half of the female stalkers pursued other females, while less than 10% of males pursued other men.

In a copyrighted story in Reuters, Charnicia Huggins quoted Purcell as saying: "When women engage in stalking behavior, they are as tenacious and as intrusive as their male counterparts, and are just as likely to threaten or damage property.... In our group of female stalkers, there was a particular tendency to pursue helping professionals...as professional concern or empathy of these individuals was often re-interpreted as romantic interest."

goddammit, i'm so common.