The Murder of Helen Jewett

The Murder of Helen Jewett, written by Patricia Cline Cohen, centers around a misfire named Dorcas Doyan. Her mother died when she was a child, her catch who was an alcoholic died later on later on that. Orphaned at an early age she was pick out by a well-known(a) judge named chief nicety Nathan Weston. She was a servant for the family scarcely in return got provided a hot home and good education. She was said to have positive sexual assertiveness and was rumored to be in an affair with a banker that led to her being whipped from her purity and purity. When she was 18 years of age, Dorcas go out and began working as a prostitute in Portland, Maine, then her trade took her to capital of Massachusetts and finally New York where she was murdered, (Cohen 37). Upon the uncovering of her body, investigators focused on her bulky time client Richard P Robinson who went as Frank Rivers when see prostitutes such as Helen Jewett. \n more or less the 19th century, wo custody had a baffled of restraints on what they could and could not do, or what was seen acceptable and what was not. There were very(prenominal) limited opportunities given to men compared to women. Women were expected to be sacred and take part in religious ceremonies. This was said to rule out them from conducting any inappropriate acts and acquire pleasure to their minds. Piety was excessively recommended for men but not as strongly as for women (Cohen 79). This begins off the assertion of how a globe during this time has power and authority. Throughout Jewetts life, a mens room word counted more and was extremely valued compare to a womans. A woman would be looked down upon when conducting the same bad behavior that a man would have. Male privilege shaped Jewetts life when she was living and it tacit shaped her life after she died. There are troika scenes where male privilege is accept in this book. One is how females who connected adultery were treated compared to how males who affiliated adultery were treated. Second is, the short op...