Is it true that Jack the Ripper was a woman?

Question

How was that determined?

If I'm not mistaken scotland yard performed some kind of DNA testing to the letters they received that are thought to be from Jack. But I'm no sure if it's true.

Answer 1

No, there is no credible evidence that Jack the Ripper was a women. It's not impossible, but fairly unlikely.

The DNA tests that were done on the letters were not done by Scotland Yard, but by scientists hired by Patrica Cornwell.

The tests said nothing about the gender of Jack (she claims it was Walter Sickert) and such a determination would be impossible so far as I know.

Also, since the letters cannot be proven to have been written by the killer (most researchers believe that they weren't) the DNA of the letter writer is irrelevant anyway.

Answer 2

Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London in the second half of 1888. The name is taken from a letter to the Central News Agency by someone claiming to be the murderer, published at the time of the killings. Although many theories have been advanced, Jack the Ripper's identity may never be determined.

The legends surrounding the Ripper murders have become a complex muddle of genuine historical research, freewheeling conspiracy theory and dubious folklore. The lack of a confirmed identity for the killer has allowed subsequent authors, historians and mostly amateur sleuths — dubbed Ripperologists — to point their fingers at a wide variety of candidates. Newspapers, whose circulation had been growing during this era, bestowed widespread and enduring notoriety on the killer due to the savagery of the murders and the failure of police to effect a capture, with the Ripper sometimes escaping discovery by mere minutes.

Victims were women earning income as casual prostitutes. Typical Ripper murders were perpetrated in a public or semi-public place; the victim's throat was cut, after which the cadaver was subjected to abdominal and sometimes other mutilations. Many now believe that the victims were first strangled in order to silence them. Due to the nature of the wounds on some presumed Ripper victims, several of whom had internal organs removed, it has been proposed that the killer had a degree of surgical or medical skill, or was perhaps a butcher, although this point, like most of the beliefs about the killer and facts in the case, is in dispute.

Answer 3

I truthfully believe that it was a man! but to those who say it is impossible for it to be a woman, u r wrong! just because of the time period doesn't mean that the killer had the same rituals as many others of that time. nor does it mean that if it were a woman (which i do not belive it was), that it would be too weak to kill all of those victims, there r plenty of strong woman today, and i am pretty sure that there were strong woman then as well. also, u cannot base opinion on gender. men r not the only sickminded poeple in this world. it is possible that a very sickminded woman could've committed these crimes. also, i'm pretty sure there hav been women that hav raped other women. not all women r straight, and some straight women still may hav the capability to rape other women. all of that was to put some thought into others'
answers, though i strongly believe that Jack the Ripper was a man. who the man was, i do not know.

Answer 4

Jack the Ripper was a sick and twisted monster... not a woman. How could a woman back in those days be that disgusting???. Women in those days were more into "tea-time, ballroom dancing, operas, socializing and reading, and worrying too much about what the other people think". Kind of like that movie Anne of Green Gables.

Answer 5

In all likely hood Jack the Ripper was a man. To perform such sick & perverted acts of violence, it had to be a man to hate women that much,but, Scotland Yard didn't know for sure & neither do i , i'm just guessing.

Answer 6

If you google this question you would find that Jack the Ripper was actually a man. I think there was a copy cat though not for sure.

Answer 7

What I have heard, that the brutal crimes, would take the strenght of a man to perform them, so I doubt if it was a woman.

He may have been with a woman who he had seal the envelopes, such as a girl friend or wife, but, I would say he was a man with tremendous strenght to carry out all those crimes.

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 8

No one is certain who Jack the Ripper was, but in all likelihood it was a man - Dr. Francis Tumblety is the most likely suspect at this time.

Answer 9

I don't really care what gender the murderer was,becuz it is long since dead.I can not imagine doing those sort of things to people and being able to eat breakfast or any meal for that matter the next day or for the rest of my life.this person was just taking up air that good people deserved a whole lot more.All of these people that murder other people for what ever reason does not deserve to live especially when they murder children,that is horrible.

Answer 10

Remember his name is Jack the ripper not Ashley the ripper