I took the post as a barbed comment against the press. It was seemingly OK to murder prostitutes and report on it in a very prurient way, but once "respectable" women were murdered that was seen as a bit much. My recollection was they half excused it as the decent girls had been murdered by mistake. I don't think the press are any better
And for the Original Question, a drama about Saville's crimes seems in very poor taste
Yes for sure, and there is still this attitude lingering that certain women are 'asking for it', or deserve violence being done to them, because they are regarded as 'less deserving of respect, or decent treatment.
It comes up repeatedly in court cases, and elsewhere.
It's interesting how very little' disrespect' seems to be directed at the purchasers of sexual services, compared with that dished out to the purveyors.
But in many ways the 'popular' press reflects back the less savoury aspects, and attitudes of society.
Prurience and sensationalism sells, double standards regarding women who do sex work are still the norm.
Which in turn leads to less freedom and safety for women in general.
Even to the abominable idea that some kind of 'God' would be instructing a man to kill sex workers.
Re Saville, yes he was protected, either overtly, or by a collective agreement to ignore the horrible truth.
Let's hope no such thing could happen nowadays.
But many people still seem willing to overlook, some terrible attitudes, from people they will even vote into power.
Trump and that Johnson Johnson, spring immediately to mind.
To my mind it all feeds into an atmosphere, of not really caring enough.
