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Hallie Rubenhold

“Just as it did in the nineteenth century, the notion that the victims were 'only prostitutes' seeks to perpetuate the belief that there are good women and bad women; madonnas and whores. It suggests that there is an acceptable standard of female behaviour and those that deviate from it are fit to be punished. Equally, it assists in reasserting the double standard , exonerating men from wrongs committed against such women. These attitudes may not feel as prevalent as they were in 1888, but they persist - not proffered in general conversation... but, rather integrated subtly into the fabric of our social norms.”

Hallie Rubenhold, The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women
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The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women by Hallie Rubenhold
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