And January Just Continues To Get Better...

I've binged watched the Netflix series "Dahmer" two times this month. I was in my late twenties at the time of that arrest and I vividly remember the general interest in the case--everyone watching the court appearances routinely appearing on network TV after the ten PM news, the Midwest heat wave of July 22, 1991, the hoards of protestors in Milwaukee for the remainder of the summer (all adults and children of color.) I personally feel that I have more in common with Jeffrey Dahmer than any other United States serial killer. There are several reasons for this not the least of which is that he and I were both born in the 1960s. Of course he was part of the Baby Boomers and I am Generation X....there is also the fact that we were both born in Milwaukee and resided in the Midwest for most of our lives. Of course he died in his mid thirties and I am now in my late fifties. He and I were both alienated from our peers during childhood and adolescence. We both have/had "kinky" tendencies; I can clearly see someone negotiating a consensual BDSM scene where the top pretends to adminster a Micky Finn, then proceeds to take complete control....in a fully supervised play space of course! One of the documentaries stated that Dahmer didn't want to be touched; hey the same was true of the fictional Christian Grey. And last but certainly not least is the fact that he and I were/are both sexually attracted to men!