Debra Lafave: Why We Can’t See Women as Sexual Predators, and Why It Matters

anna dorn
7 min readSep 12, 2017

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(AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

Last month, I wrote about how the media and prosecution in the Michelle Carter trial capitalized on age-old misogynistic narratives about “sneaky” and “manipulative” women to secure the teen’s homicide conviction based on her words alone. This month, I visit another high-profile criminal defendant known for her beauty, one who inspired a fictionalized version…

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anna dorn

vagablonde (unnamed press, may 2020); bad lawyer (hachette books, spring 2021)