TRIGGER WARNING: Subjects discussed in this podcast are disturbing and include spousal abuse, text exchanges in two suicide cases, and the ramifications of women on trial by social media. Caution is advised.
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One woman and two girls in different circumstances felled by social media, and their egos: Amber Heard, Michelle Carter, Inyoung You.
I didn’t watch the trial. I read about it but stayed away from social media until the verdict was announced, then I poured through everything to talk about it with you today.
This trial was so 1997, so I wasn’t surprised to see Monica Lewinsky writing about it in Vanity Fair.
Attacking women public figures has been going on for decades. Research Hillary Clinton. I wrote a book about the sexism and misogyny she faced in the 2008 primary season, which began in the 1990s, before social media, and TikTok.
I don’t doubt Ms. Heard's claims, or the harm she suffered. She admits their volatile relationship turned physical before they were married.
Not even a rich, privileged White woman recovers from poop in the bed, damning testimony by a court psychologist, and police officers on the scene doubting her claims.
It’s gotten harder for women, much worse with internet, and social media, and the rise of TikTok, something Ms. Heard must have considered, right?
I disagree with people who say this verdict has set women back. Women must be smarter. It’s not fair, but it’s true.
Narcissism comes in many forms, one of which is sociopathy.
In the research I’ve done for my psychological thrillers, I’ve found there’s confusion about the definition of sociopath.
In fiction… The psychopathy of the character lives on inside them. The troubled young girl syndrome isn’t labeled for what it is. No help received to exorcize what’s going on inside.
Three women in different situations, propelled into infamy by their own choices.
If I were writing a thriller about two women characters based on the behavior of Michelle Carter, and Inyoung You, the main subject would be psychopathy, not sociopathy.
Given what I know about public women being targeted online, Ms. Heard’s choice to write the op-ed as she did was not in her best interests. A fatal mistake made by her ego. Where were her advisers?
Difficult subjects.
But what happened to the three women mentioned today in this podcast was of their own doing.
This isn't the 1990s.
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