Ripper Roaring Presentation

The presentation that was carried out by myself and another group member went well. I looked at Ripperology in regards to aspects of the ripper, social responses to the ripper in the present day and the mental pshyche of serial killers. The bulk of my segment looked at the ripper through a looking glass perspective. I dealt with the speculations surrounding the 'who' of the ripper. I also challenged the reason for the ripper's choice of victims. I looked critically at the choice of victims and offered questions and ideas as to why these victims were chosen and identified the one victim that was not like the rest. I also questioned why the last victim was the one that did not fit the mould. The other member looked at the more technical issues surrounding serial killers psyche by analysing the different types of serial killers; and how they function. She also looked at misogyny across cultures with special attention paid to Muslim women. This was done to illustate the different forms that misogyny takes, and to show that misogyny takes place all around the world with different consequences.We did experience technical difficulties to a small degree with regards to the volume control when showing our short film, however, we beleive that the essence of what we were trying to convey was illustrated. We worked well together and enjoyed the topic we chose. To make the presentation more interractive questions were asked and a chocolate treat handed out to the person with the correct answer. Both of us compared the ripper with other well known serial killers, Ted Bundy, The Yorkshire Ripper (Peter Sutcliffe) and the Suffolk Strangler (Steve Wright).

Over all the presentation was good, we covered all the areas we needed to in order to convey that misogyny is still prevalent in today's society and that the Ripper will be forever immortalised in many different ways; the reason for this is because we have no answers to the main questions, so we make up our own conclusion.

At the end of the presentation during the question and answer session I believe that there may have been a little confusion with regards how the ripper tied in with misogyny of Muslin women. My group member answered but just to clarify, the presentation was not just about Jack the Ripper and his brand of misogyny. In my first blog entry I introduced the idea that misogyny takes various forms. The other participant illustrated misogyny from her cultural back ground to confirm that point. I would also like to clarify a point in respect of organised serial killers and the question regarding Hannibal. Although this was also addressed, Hannibal would be considered an organised serial killer as he fits the profile, his intelligence is obvious. The disorganised serial killer is the one whose intelligence is questioned as minimal. As this is a fictional character, he does not have to follow the profile to precision.