Jodi Arias / Travis Alexander Relationship Analysis | Weaponizing Sex

Hello, this is dr. Great, today's question is: can I discuss the background of Jodi Arias and her

relationship

with Travis Alexander? Jodi Arias murdered Travis Alexander in 2008. This is a case I have covered before in this video. I will focus on the events leading up to the crime looking at what may have contributed to Jodi Arias behavior just a reminder I am not diagnosing anyone in this video just speculating on what could be happening in a situation like this if you enjoy this video please Subscribe to my channel and consider supporting me on Patreon. I will put the link to patreon in the description of this video, now starting with

jodi

arias

's background.

Unfortunately, Jodi Arias herself is the source of much of the background information. In this case, it is not someone you know. Tell the truth, so keep that in mind when reviewing this narrative. Jody Arias was born on July 9, 1980 in Salinas, California. Her father Bill owned restaurants and her mother, Sandra, worked as a waitress in those restaurants when Jody was five or six years old. She was aggressive towards her younger brother according to a babysitter, on one occasion Jody hit her brother in the head with a baseball bat and then pretended that she didn't know why her brother was crying about her.

Jody claims that she was subjected to strict discipline when she was young. although as with many articles here there are disputes about what really happened her family moved to santa maria california when jody was around 11 jody seemed to adjust quite well her performance in school was adequate she had an interest in art when jody was around 15 his mother discovered that jody was trying to grow marijuana in tupperware jody's parents called the police for an unusual parenting strategy under these circumstances the police spoke to jody and a conspirator of his about the consequences of growing marijuana no arrests Jody or her conspirator was worried about a recurrence of criminal behavior.

Her parents routinely searched her room and monitored her behavior. Jody's curfew was 6 pm. Her parents were quite restrictive. Jody became paranoid and became increasingly distant. from her parents around the same time Jody was becoming more aware that boys were interested in her when she was in ninth grade she started dating a teenager who was three years older than her people began to notice that Jody gave up her interest and focused on the interest of the person she was dating Jody's

relationship

with the The young man was erratic and characterized by frequent breakups and dramatic reconciliations. Jody's parents sent her to Costa Rica in tenth grade as part of a cultural exchange while there she began dating the host family's 16-year-old son claiming that she was not in love with him. but she had a good feeling about him when she returned to the states the boyfriend from costa rica kept in touch jody said she would move there to costa rica and they could start a family however the relationship would not work out as the boyfriend became possessive and Jody broke up with him, Jody reunited with her first boyfriend when her grades dropped in school and she became more restless.

She was eager to get out of school and move out of her parents' residence. This is where we start to see some pretty unusual behavior, different from what Jody had. Jody previously stated that she was raised as a non-denominational Christian and did not seem to be very committed to her faith, however, she became interested in the second coming of Jesus Christ and predicted that it would occur in September 1997, apparently telling many people about this prophecy. at the same time she maintained that her parents were abusing her claiming that they had left her unconscious she said she was going to leave the house her parents disconnected the battery in her car so she couldn't leave apparently without realizing the concept of a key finally jody waited until one night when the battery was plugged in and she left the house with some of her belongings that she never returned during her last year of high school she moved in with her boyfriend and found a job as a waitress the relationship with her boyfriend continued on the same path breakups and reunions frequent at one point she caught him cheating in 1999 that boyfriend moved to Medford Oregon and jody moved in with a friend the status of the relationship was a little shady apparently they were still a couple but they had some distance between them physically jody was passing by the residence from her boyfriend in Oregon and anonymously dropped off groceries at her door.

She eventually moved to Medford Oregon to be closer to him, but then she started dating someone else from Medford and they moved into an apartment together even though she had this. new romantic interest she repeatedly left items on her old boyfriend's door as she had done before in 2001 her new relationship would also come to an end jody moved to big sur california and accepted a job at a resort as a waitress she developed an attraction for her boss, they would become a couple in 2002. Jody was 22, this time her boss was 42. They would buy a $350,000 house together in 2005 in Palm Desert, California.

They quickly found themselves in financial trouble, so Jody became involved with a multi-level marketing operation called Prepaid Legal Services. He became excited about the company because he believed it would give him quick money when Jody was attending a convention for this company in Las Vegas in September of 2006 she met a man named

travis

alexander

he was a high performing artist with prepaid legal services who lived in arizona he was about three years older than jody

travis

he was a member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints which he i will refer to it as lds jody and travis liked each other immediately, travis told his friends that jody could be the one he was excited and surprised that someone as attractive as jody was interested in him his friends were also surprised, it just didn't make any sense For them Jody and Travis spent five days together at the convention, but since Jody already had a boyfriend, she told Travis that nothing could happen between them just before the convention ended, Jody gave Travis her phone number, which sent a confusing message.

He would call the next day, travis was actively looking for someone to marry in all of his previous romantic relationships he had introduced the idea of ​​marriage and had been rejected he seemed quite desperate even though jody had a boyfriend he couldn't help but be hopeful about the potential of a relationship with her travis invited her to spend the weekend with him at a friend's house in california jody accepted the invitation and broke up with her boyfriend of four years so she broke up before even going to spend the weekend with travis According to Jody during that weekend together in California the two of us had oral sex but it didn't really connect well romantically.

Additionally, Travis seemed to want Jody to develop an interest in the LDS church. He gave her materials about that church when she finished the weekend, they returned to their respective residences but maintained a long-distance relationship. Communicating by phone, text message and email in November 2006, Jody was baptized in LDS by Travis Jody would later claim that just after the ceremony she and Travis had anal sex As Christmas approached, Jody showed up uninvited at a business event travis was hosting at his house. in Arizona, other people at the event described Jody as creepy in February 2007, Jody and Travis became a couple, so they were officially together romantically even though they lived almost 300 miles apart, Travis had started earning quite a bit of money in the multi-level marketing company. and he had lost weight, he found himself with other romantic options, but couldn't seem to resist.

Jody, the relationship was very sexually charged. Their first time having vaginal sex was in May 2007. So presumably they waited for that kind of sex because that was a major violation of LDS church rules, so oral and anal sex were frowned upon, but maybe not too much, but vaginal sex was really something the LDS church didn't want couples doing before marriage. I really don't think that's what the LDS church says but that's how perhaps Jody and Travis interpreted their doctrine. The Church's doctrine over the next few months Travis became more distant when Jody began accusing him of being attracted to other women, friends. travis told how he liked to flirt jody and travis continued to have sex but this was almost all the relationship consisted of in june 2007 the couple separated but continued to talk regularly sex was a frequent topic in july 2007 jody He moved to Arizona, not far from where Travis lived.

Travis began dating a 19-year-old woman named Lisa who was part of LDS, but after she discovered that he was still having sex with Jody, she broke off that relationship. Travis continued an on-again, off-again relationship with Lisa and they broke up for the last time in February. 2008. Lisa felt that Travis was too sexually aggressive, she couldn't control her urges, and he was pushing too hard to get married. Travis then became interested in a woman named Mimi. He considered her exceptionally attractive and thought maybe she could help him get over Jody Mimi. he rejected travis but they remained friends during this time according to

jodi

arias

travis

alexander

's sexual fantasies became more numerous and unusual also around this time jodi arias had what some people described as a mental breakdown he moved in with his grandparents in california travis had mixed emotions about jody moving, in a sense he was happy to create some distance between them, but he also wanted to have sex after jody moved, travis won a trip to cancun, mexico through the multi level marketing company, He invited Mimi to go with him, she agreed, but he emphasized that it was just his friends Travis really wanted to impress Mimi before the trip. she hoped the trip would lead to something more.

He tried to get along with the Mormon church to get rid of its bad habits. He also started exercising and trying to lose weight. Again his self-improvement effort did not last long in April 2008. Once again he was communicating with Jody in a sexually explicit manner. Jody began recording his verbal communication. This communication was definitely not classified by pages. The couple would have an argument in late May after Jody logged into Travis' Facebook account, he ended their relationship on June 4, 2008, Jodi Arias arrived at Travis' residence in Arizona at 4:30 to. m. He had obtained gas cans to avoid fueling his vehicle in Arizona.

He was also in possession of a .25 caliber pistol that he had stolen from his grandfather. Jody Arius and Travis Alexander had sex that day shortly after 5:30 pm. Jody stabbed Travis 27 times and shot him in the head. He did not survive. He is not. Of course, if Jody had premeditated this crime, perhaps he simply took the gun to give new meaning to the phrase keep your options open. jodi arias would be found guilty of first degree murder on may 7, 2013 after some legal complications involving an appeal jody was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole now moving on to my

analysis

i will start by looking at jodi's story arias and then I will move on to her relationship with travis alexander.

Jody seemed to have a strict upbringing which may have blocked her from certain experiences, perhaps creating a buildup of pressure as she craved variety and adventure, she longed to have freedom, an important part of this was finding a romantic relationship, so an important part of what she wanted, her style of relating to men seemed to have a sexual charge and a love-hate dynamic there. There was a lot of passion drama and she always seemed to be looking for the next relationship. She never really had stability in the relationship, but it seems like that's what she wanted.

She believed that each new love interest would be the one that would bring her along. status happiness wealth and a family however her own behavior contributed to destroying the stability she wanted now moving on to the relationship between jodi arias and travis alexander there is a lot of debate about this relationship no doubt part of this debate has occurred due to the homicide that attracted a lot attention to this relationship jody arias painted one picture and travis alexander's friends and family painted another what is the truth in this whole situation first i will start with the representation that jody has presented travis alexander was someone who had a lot of difficulty controlling his desires and sexual fantasies he was aggressive, determined, manipulative, controlling and hypocritical, for example, he said he wanted to follow the rules of the mormon church but repeatedly violated its policies, jody made it seem like she was more or less passive someone who had sex with travis alone to satisfy him and get him to stop asking it was consensual and she enjoyed it sometimes but not always sometimes it was really something she endured jody said she was worried about the spiritual consequences of her actions she also made it seem like she had no experience with the type of travis sexshe wanted travis' demands were somewhat new to her he was asking for encounters that were strange and extreme those who knew travis painted a different picture he was A victim of this may have been a little enthusiastic about his sexual desire, but Jody had much more experience and had a stronger sexual desire.

She was the one pushing to have more sex. He was trying to get away from her and she kept chasing him. like moving to arizona and taking frequent trips with him, although of course they both accepted those trips, friends and family told stories of how Travis' tires were slashed, Jody stalked him following Travis' love interests, she read his emails and text messages and always told Travis. about how other men were interested in her which made him jealous so he wasn't a completely willing participant, she kept manipulating him and pushing him into a relationship with her so let's get back to the question considering these two different accounts of what happened, what is it? the truth I suppose will never be known but this is my opinion jodi arias was looking for something that her own nature made unattainable she wanted a stable relationship but then she introduced chaos into her relationships for some reason she She was attracted to Travis maybe seeing him as someone who would be a good provider, maybe it was the fact that he wasn't attractive and yet he was looking for someone else like this confidence, it baffled Jody why he was creating distance with her, maybe Maybe that didn't make any sense to her as it did.

It didn't make any sense to Travis' friends that she was interested in him. Travis was outgoing, well-liked, and somewhat financially successful, but his physical appearance, immaturity, strong sexual desire, superficiality, and clumsiness made him undesirable to women he was interested in. He had no problems. Making friends but finding romance was a different story, he felt tremendous pressure to get married because his friends had partners or were already married. Also, when he met Jodi Arias he was 29 and he really became obsessed with how important the age of 30 was in terms of where he was with any type of marriage at the same time that he was desperate, Travis also wanted a perfect partner after meeting Jody Travis sees that all his fantasies are possible, he thinks she's out of his league, but she likes him. and she likes sex, which is something he likes too.

He becomes very excited at the prospect of a relationship with her. Travis is a little torn, however, due to his own religious beliefs, he feels guilty for giving in to his desires and even though he is responsible for his behavior he begins to look at Jody as a source of evil she is a temptress who He can't resist She is a physical embodiment of his own moral flaws She reminds him of his hypocrisy His encounters with her are characterized by pleasure, but soon after guilt and shame, Travis has a boost in his confidence because Jody was attracted to him , this helps you become more attractive to others and focus on self-improvement.

He is on a mission to find his ideal love, someone who is as sexually attractive as Jody and as interested in sex as Jody, but in his opinion, who is more dedicated to morals, someone who is marriage material while all this is happening , it occurs to jody that she must have travis, she moved to arizona, cuts his tires, spies on him and all those other stalking behaviors, she's desperate. to keep him but the only way they seem to connect is through sex, she uses that to try to keep the relationship together but at the same time she is angry at the way they treat her and their hypocrisy so he says that I should treat her. her in a different way but he doesn't she records conversations that are embarrassing for travis maybe to get revenge one day to gain influence over him or both she is angry and wants him to pay she can't stand the thought of being rejected by travis Next trip to Mexico, although unlikely to result in a romantic relationship with Mimi, who just wants to be friends, still threatens Jody, Jody drives to her residence and makes one last attempt to use sex to maintain the relationship, but her strategy fails and cannot cope. losing Jody, he turns to murder, Travis pays the ultimate price and no one else will be with him during the trial, she uses her time on the stand to erase what little was left of Travis' reputation, even going so far as to suggest that had a sexual relationship. interest in children, i think the bottom line in this case is that jody and travis were troubled people.

I think the irony is that they were both incomplete and neither could see themselves the way others could see them. Potential or actual romantic partners saw each of them as good in some ways but very bad in others both were manipulative both used people neither of them seemed to understand how to properly express their desires they had strong feelings of love and hate toward each other. another attracted by one attribute like sex appeal or stability and repelled by another like neediness or being manipulative, they couldn't seem to get away from each other until jody arius finally decided on an extreme way to separate forever those are my thoughts on the relationship between jodi arias and travis alexander please put your opinions and thoughts in the comments section always make for interesting dialogue as always.

I hope you found my

analysis

of this topic interesting. Thanks for watching.