severity_softly | Conflicted rewatch number three...

Spoilers for conflicted--a Reid fangirl observation, and a question...

How cute! I am rewatching Conflicted again, and realized that Spencer actually shook Julie's hand! He touched her! I went back, and it's sort of adorable. He lifts his hand, gives a tiny wave and says hi... then realizes she's already gone in for the shake and switches to take her hand. Poor w00bie can't be rude. Couldn't see his face directly after, but he lifts his opposite hand to his face from what you can see. I can just imagine the poor guy chewing his nails briefly, like "fuck, I just had to fucking touch someone... ewww, human contact". *gigglesnort*

The question, though, and they never explained this, I don't think...

When they give the profile, they say that the male partner is someone who's submissive in life to everyone but the female partner, with which he is dominant. Then they say the female partner is also submissive, of average intelligence, and emotionally unstable. "Look for women who are reclusive, have a problem with authorities, and can't interact with dominant personalities."

Um... firstly, they never talk any of that out, so the parts about the female partner feel a little out of nowhere. Maybe it was an editing for time problem?

I can sort of see the part about the male, as often the unsubs are submissive in RL, and use the murder to feel the control they surrender in real life. However, I don't get how they're coming to the conclusion that the woman is submissive and reclusive, when she is the one doing the hunting of these men, or emotionally unstable (yes, she's helping a murderer/rapist and that's not exactly sane, but they didn't call the murderer/rapist unstable, so it felt like a distinction). And if she can't interact with a dominant personality, how can she tolerate her partner being dominant with her?

Maybe I'm missing something? O.o