Images Of Women As Criminals

1. An intersecting identity is when an individual has different factors that played a role in their own making in society. The factors are race, sex, the social class, ethnicity, and sexuality. These are very important to know when it comes to women 's experiences in crime because we can see how they are known in having an image of themselves as criminals. On chapter 2 on the subtitle of “Images of Women as Criminals” It tells us about how women change throughout time when it comes to committing crimes. It was always a man 's job to do so and you wouldn 't expect a woman to be as dangerous as their male counterpart. It is important to understand women when they commit crime on why they had to do because they had a certain motive to do so. …show more content…
For pregnant women who use illegal drugs can be known as a slippery slope because first off they are hurting the fetus and causing problems for their child in the long run. Also, do you hold the man who impregnated the women to be charged as well? In the long run, the women should face large punishment in hurting their body and their baby in it. They should be watching over by the officers or a therapist to stop any indulging of drugs within themselves, because ultimately we want to save and protect the baby and then worry about the mothers afterwards. Inference, with the slippery slope comment, it is known as it because the mother would try to kill themselves, but then they can survive it, but later the child might not in the …show more content…
One gender discrimination against women in the criminal justice system, would be questioning them if they are fit enough to deal with the environment within the justice system. Another would be the women facing sexual harassment within their workplace, if it is a male dominated job, then you will face those sexual remarks or even actions. A 3rd are would be can the women deal with the large expectation on them to live up against their male counterpart in the work field? That would be the stress hitter for most women because they are always tested by men to see if they can perform as well as them. Also with that being said, most police officer women would face life threatening discrimination as well as pressure to perform at a high level. Lastly, women face with the challenge of not getting paid equally as their male counterpart because they did not get received any equal treatment until the 1960s, that 's when they voice their opinions out and fought back according to the researcher Hale and Bennett. Just for being the opposite sex, women would get shame upon on doing any job. Because women are seen as a mother to provide food, cleaning, anything for their children and husband, but we are living in a time that women can do a better job than men and we need to appreciate their work to the fullest and even have a woman appreciation day for their hard work in our