Fallen woman

Absolutely.

The way that society handles a fallen woman.

When I was in it, I saw myself very much as the savvy, happy hooker.

And I believed in the myth.

The need to bring...

So the split in consciousness I was talking about where when you're in it, you need to believe that you are a real person and not...

the, the worthless degraded fallen woman.

And so the mind, you know, resists seeing those aspects.

Today on The Grave Talks, a haunted history of invisible women.

[gentle music] Archetypes such as the witch, the bride, the mother and wife, the Jezebel, the fallen woman, the fraud, the maiden, and the spinster serve as a form of mediumship to source the deeper meanings in their respective stories.

The histories of these specters, which collectively contribute to a larger narrative about the shifting social roles of women in the United States, are vastly different in terms of their backgrounds, social classes, and other circumstances.

However, there's one thing that binds them together: the ability to continue to arouse both fascination and fear after they have long passed away.