"The notion that the victims were 'only prostitutes' seeks to perpetuate the belief that there are good women and bad women... 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."

I have to admit I didn't know much more about Jack the Rippers victims than the basic lore. This journey through each of their lives, their families and most importantly, not their deaths as such is probably the most important part of the Jack the Ripper story. I found myself cursing outloud at the injustice of their lives and how the choices they or those around them made put them directly in the path of the Ripper.