tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762696494602823783.post1013160851649166058..comments2022-10-29T01:05:44.379-07:00Comments on Teapots and Flicknives: Hanging with the Ripperologistsmatbarnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10021845755536760943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762696494602823783.post-83455304196201655702012-05-14T12:10:19.648-07:002012-05-14T12:10:19.648-07:00It's possible, although there are two gender i...It's possible, although there are two gender inequalities which make a Jack the Ripper more likely - or at least easier to put together a vaguely convincing case against - than a Jill the Ripper.<br /><br />The first is that there are far less records of female Victorians (eminent or otherwise) than males. This is simply a reflection of the patriarchal culture of the time.<br /><br />The second is that there are disproportionately fewer female than male serial killers, full stop. There are a lot of academic studies concerning why this is the case - and some disagreement - but there are key psychological disparities between the genders that could explain this.<br /><br />A short, interesting primer can be found here: <br />http://socyberty.com/psychology/why-there-are-more-male-than-female-psychopaths/matbarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021845755536760943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762696494602823783.post-76832023505346020402012-03-20T13:34:32.691-07:002012-03-20T13:34:32.691-07:00Couldn't Jack the Ripper be a girl??
This co...Couldn't Jack the Ripper be a girl??<br /> This could be why the crime was never solved...only men were concidered the prime suspects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com