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> I thought she was exaggerating when she complained about people accusing her of being a media whore Not to pick on you, but why would you reflexively think h

by danso 5y ago

> I thought she was exaggerating when she complained about people accusing her of being a media whore Not to pick on you, but why would you reflexively think her to be exaggerating about being called a media whore? People do that with literally everyone whose public complaints become a news story. And what motive would Amanda Knox have in particular? She was labeled an actual whore for the many years when the case was still in active prosecution.

kortilla 5y ago
> She was labeled an actual whore for the many years when the case was still in active prosecution. Source? I remember it being on TV and don’t remember allegations of prostitution.
- x0x0 5y ago
  I suspect @danso is just mentioning the -- breathlessly repeated by the italian press -- allegations that Amanda purchased condoms, had sex and -- omg -- had a vibrator.
  - danso 5y ago
    That's right, I shouldn't have used "actual" (at least I didn't say "literally") — I mean in the colloquial sense of "non-married woman engaging in purportedly non-traditional sexual activity"
- mmarq 5y ago
  She was definitely accused of being a "whore", as in a woman who is not, say, as chaste as people expect her to be. All Italian media informed us that Knox's motive was sex, whatever that is supposed to mean, because she was a maniac with a sex addiction. If I remember correctly, and I may not, the prosecur made some appalling comments about Knox's sexual promiscuity when interviewed for the Netflix documentary. Corriere della Sera, which is probably the most prestigious Italian newspaper, published this: https://www.corriere.it/cronache/07_novembre_25/amanda_cacciatrice_uomini_00229488-9b60-11dc-8d30-0003ba99c53b.shtml https://www.corriere.it/cronache/07_novembre_25/amanda_cacci... ("Amanda just wanted sex"/Former partner Elis Prenga: «A hunter of men»./Lumumba: "She made sexual advances to customers"). This played into the Italian stereotype of American women, which are supposedly more sexually active than they are supposed to be, and so immoral but also easier to pick up than local women.
ineptech 5y ago
It's not a boolean, it's a threshold. I'm not surprised that anyone ever made that accusation, but I was surprised that it was among the first few comments on HN.
- gota 5y ago
  Ignorant people are usually faster; they don't have to think before typing

by danso 5y ago

kortilla 5y ago

> She was labeled an actual whore for the many years when the case was still in active prosecution. Source? I remember it being on TV and don’t remember allegations of prostitution.

x0x0 5y ago
I suspect @danso is just mentioning the -- breathlessly repeated by the italian press -- allegations that Amanda purchased condoms, had sex and -- omg -- had a vibrator.
- danso 5y ago
  That's right, I shouldn't have used "actual" (at least I didn't say "literally") — I mean in the colloquial sense of "non-married woman engaging in purportedly non-traditional sexual activity"
mmarq 5y ago
She was definitely accused of being a "whore", as in a woman who is not, say, as chaste as people expect her to be. All Italian media informed us that Knox's motive was sex, whatever that is supposed to mean, because she was a maniac with a sex addiction. If I remember correctly, and I may not, the prosecur made some appalling comments about Knox's sexual promiscuity when interviewed for the Netflix documentary. Corriere della Sera, which is probably the most prestigious Italian newspaper, published this: https://www.corriere.it/cronache/07_novembre_25/amanda_cacciatrice_uomini_00229488-9b60-11dc-8d30-0003ba99c53b.shtml https://www.corriere.it/cronache/07_novembre_25/amanda_cacci... ("Amanda just wanted sex"/Former partner Elis Prenga: «A hunter of men»./Lumumba: "She made sexual advances to customers"). This played into the Italian stereotype of American women, which are supposedly more sexually active than they are supposed to be, and so immoral but also easier to pick up than local women.

ineptech 5y ago

It's not a boolean, it's a threshold. I'm not surprised that anyone ever made that accusation, but I was surprised that it was among the first few comments on HN.

gota 5y ago
Ignorant people are usually faster; they don't have to think before typing