Vampire Victims

So I am a fan of the vampire culture and I can't get enough of it. Though being in this class, I have begun to analyze the content of these shows and movies. One of my favorites is the Vampire Diaries that comes on the CW. In the show, there are three main characters, Alana, Damon, and Stephen. The premise of the show consists of the the two men, who are vampires, saving Alana from sudden danger. The writers always make her a victim. The fact that they are both in love with her adds to their need to save her. When looking at the female human characters in the vampire culture, you realize that they are always troubled in some sort of way. Alana's parents died and she runs into these vampire brothers who bring her life trouble making her the damsel that they enjoy saving. Another thing that bothers me in this show is the way that the vampires kill. When it is a male that they are murdering it is done in a very agressive and careless way. However, when they kill women they over sex it and draw it out. There have been multiple occasions in the show when the vampires say that they enjoy chasing the female before they kill her. What does this say about the vampire culture that we as Americans cling to.