jane ~ you make me giggle. you are so cute! i'm sure YOU were very pretty in that dress and hair
re post #221 ~ yes, that is karla on the left
re post #222 ~ since i don't see any "casket" pics, i'm assuming you mean the one of tammy in the hospital... the person in those pics with karla is a woman! another inmate in the prison karla was incarcerated in who she began a relationship with... even after stating in court she was not a lesbian. i don't have a link for this handy but if anyone wants it, i'll try to find it.
re post #224 ~ thanks for clarifying which picture... LOL... i don't read THAT into it personally... i think that is just where her hand fell naturally... but i could be wrong.
re post # 225 ~ you say: "
it says that it can go both ways and that paul was not a sexual sadist until meeting Karla" ... jane, i don't find this in the article... can you copy and paste the exact remark you are referring to? oh - nevermind. i see what you are referring to. the editor's comment in very small print:
CCRC Editor's Comment: We see nothing in this paper which warrants gender specific consideration. Female sadists have used the same techniques on children and adult males. Karla Homolka introduced her boyfriend, Paul Bernardo to such sadistic sexual practices.
since karla was one of the women
in the study (although not mentioned by name, i believe she is the one they refer to down at the bottom of the article about the inmate who received a shorter sentence), that comment is ridiculous... i believe the Canadian Children's Rights Council added the comment when they published the FBI study on their website... i don't believe it to be very valid though since the study is about
women turned into compliant victims by
men (men who abused them, controlled them, manipulated them, referred to them in derogatory terms, made them their slave, etc... all of which
paul made karla do - not the other way around... additionally, karla fits their "compliant victim" profile and paul fits their "sadist" profile not vice versa)... men with a history of abuse, violence and criminality (like paul) - which karla
did not have prior to meeting paul. so - i don't believe that the FBI researchers who conducted the study would agree with the comment made by the CCRC. it's possible (IMO) that the CCRC added that remark b/c they are a Canadian organization and think -like many many other Canadians do- that karla was equally or more responsible then paul and got off too easily. i think they wanted to slam her/use her name to make a point... for whatever reason... but i do not think you can take a study of one gender and make it valid for both like the CCRC does here especially considering she was one of the subjects and does not fit the profile of a sadist (see remarks above) before meeting the supposed "compliant victim". it's obvious though that the CCRC did not know that karla was one of the women studied by the FBI or that she was not a participant in any sadistic sexual practices b4 she met paul that we know of. (how on earth can it be karla who turned paul onto these things when she herself never participated in these activities before she met paul? i don't get it... was the editor a relative of bernardo who blames karla for his involvement?)... i think the CCRC was very wrong to generalize like they did... it's very misleading... bordering on incompetent. i think i may have to email them and point out these things to them... i think i will email the FBI too and ask their opinion of the comment the CCRC made.
SCM ~ you're welcome!