Aileen: A Text/Reader By Stacy Maliacoat

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The video “Aileen” talks about a woman called Aileen Wuornos who was abused by her guardians, more specifically by her grandfather. Additionally, the book Women and Crime: A Text/Reader by Stacy Maliacoat holds valuable theories useful in interpreting and understanding the cntext presented in the film. The woman faced a rough childhood where she witnessed the battery of her mother by the father. Understandably, her father Pittman did not appear as a guardian figure because she never met him. However, the fact that the father was charged with sexual assault of children and violence, is an indication that he was a criminal. Similarly, the mother, Diane Wuornos, filed for divorce because of the behaviour of Aileen Wuornos father. When Aileen was left by her mother, she had to be taken care of by the grandmother. She is reported to have begun engaging in sexual activities at the age of 11. Her grandfather had allegedly sexually assaulted her. She succumbed to inhuman treatment and victimization from the friends of her grandfather who was allegedly supposed to take care of her. …show more content…

She was charged on several different accounts of committing criminal activities that mostly involved assault. Her behaviour continued to deteriorate even when she was married. Upon getting married to Fell, she ended up hitting him with a cane (Attorney Depot, 15 January 2013). The fact that she agreed to marry an older person is an indication of the psychological torment that she endured. The torture impaired her judgement to the point of believing that dating older men was a sane activity. Aileen was charged on the account of murder. According to the jury, she had committed seven murders. In her defence, she pointed out that most of them had tried to rape her while she as working as a

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