Gender inequality has been an ongoing issue in America for several years. This concern is most problematic in the legal system, as well as in prison. A survey conducted by Sonja Starr found that men serve more time in prison than women for the same crime. This is a prominent example of inequality within the legal system in today’s society. Similar to Starr’s survey, Penelope Eckert and Sally Mconnel recognize the vast inequality between men and women in prison in the article “ Learning to be Gendered”. Gender Inequality is the culprit for many unjust sentences and wrongful accusations and requires immediate corrective action.
Sonja Starr, a law student at the University of Michigan, was really intrigued with the problem of inequality in prison …show more content…
They found that the comparison of incarceration rates with male to female is twice as higher for males. Also 90% of the prison system is males. Though it seems as if men are more prone to crimes than women, that isn't entirely true, it is said that “women have poor mental health, and have children to look after” . By stereotyping women into a category of being “weaker” and “emotionally incapable of handling imprisonment” doesn't provide a logical argument to allow women to be able to get a lesser punishment or no incarceration at all. Yes typically the woman cares for the baby, but by lessening a sentence of a woman because of her obligation due to her gender, or feeling sorry for the children isn't ethical. Liskula and Matt effectively expresses a few arguments that were used to back up the unfairness in prison systems pertaining to males and females and attacks it with logical sense that the reader can consider and thus …show more content…
People tend to be more careful with babies if they realize they're holding a baby girl, although that may seem irrelevant it actually shows a demonstration of people treating women better than men at birth. This indirectly proposes that women are the weaker sex, because they need to be more cautiously taken care of. Another sign that shows women are weaker is, in the article Penelope and Sally show that men tend to cry a lot less than women as they age. Another valid point to gender inequality is that Penelope and Sally exemplify an example of parents who “strive for gender inequality” being caught in observed experimental situations unintentionally treating the girl better than the boy. This story in TheySay/I Say provides insight into another perspective of women getting better treatment than men to further argue the point that women are in fact treated a lot better than men in the prison and court
Sonja Starr, a law student at the University of Michigan, was really intrigued with the problem of inequality in prison …show more content…
They found that the comparison of incarceration rates with male to female is twice as higher for males. Also 90% of the prison system is males. Though it seems as if men are more prone to crimes than women, that isn't entirely true, it is said that “women have poor mental health, and have children to look after” . By stereotyping women into a category of being “weaker” and “emotionally incapable of handling imprisonment” doesn't provide a logical argument to allow women to be able to get a lesser punishment or no incarceration at all. Yes typically the woman cares for the baby, but by lessening a sentence of a woman because of her obligation due to her gender, or feeling sorry for the children isn't ethical. Liskula and Matt effectively expresses a few arguments that were used to back up the unfairness in prison systems pertaining to males and females and attacks it with logical sense that the reader can consider and thus …show more content…
People tend to be more careful with babies if they realize they're holding a baby girl, although that may seem irrelevant it actually shows a demonstration of people treating women better than men at birth. This indirectly proposes that women are the weaker sex, because they need to be more cautiously taken care of. Another sign that shows women are weaker is, in the article Penelope and Sally show that men tend to cry a lot less than women as they age. Another valid point to gender inequality is that Penelope and Sally exemplify an example of parents who “strive for gender inequality” being caught in observed experimental situations unintentionally treating the girl better than the boy. This story in TheySay/I Say provides insight into another perspective of women getting better treatment than men to further argue the point that women are in fact treated a lot better than men in the prison and court