Ms. Storro, who infamously accused a random black woman of splashing her face with acid has, been charged with three counts of second-degree theft for taking money from well-wishers after she surreptitiously rubbed chemicals on her face. In a last-ditch attempt to appear sympathetic, she says she first wanted to commit suicide, but then decided that perhaps a new face was all she needed:
…when I realized it wasn’t killing me, I thought maybe this was the answer to all my problems. To have a completely different face.
Storro has admitted that she thought having a new face would solve her problems, confirming that the motive was fraud from the outset.
When women commit crimes, men’s ignorance of their motives often leads men to assume that they are “troubled” or “unbalanced” because men, with their limited understanding of female psychology, have a difficult time gleaning women’s motives. This has been a huge boon to female criminals, as absent a motive people have a tendency to view women’s crimes more as an “act of God” than a true, calculated offense.
Ms. Storro’s confession, although qualified, is a step in the right direction. If the court convicts her and she is sentenced to serve time, hopefully she will repent and leave prison a better person. However, without appropriate punishment, that may never happen. This is one thing we have to realize: we do not make better people out of women by ignoring or excusing their transgressions against society and the law.
