Brainstorm #5 - Noah Krohngold

Instead of seeing women as human beings, the women that were murdered were viewed as expendable since they lead a "double life" where they worked a regular job during the day and transitioned to sex work in the night. Women have almost always been discriminated against in their work, whether it's making less than a man for the same work or being looked down upon for her choice of profession, women are always judged for whatever work they pursue. Senorita Extraviada turns the attention to the injustice and corruption within the government, where politicians shrug off the attacks against women instead of putting their focus on these heinous crimes. These crimes weren’t separate occurrences, but rather attacks orchestrated by the patriarchy. Furthermore, the “social death” alluded to by Lisa Cacho demonstrates how women are placed in social scenarios that leave them powerless to their male counterparts by describing the misogynistic traditions and conditions that women suffer through (Fregoso). To see systemic change, we must challenge the powers the enable such conditions to continue and empower women to have more control over their bodies, profession, and family. If we don’t then these disgusting trends will only get worse as there are no repercussions for the patriarchy that promotes misogynistic behavior.