Women's Role In Crime Fiction

Until 1982, this stereotyped role of woman was the echoes of the many worldwide crime fictions. Nowadays, however, the role of woman in crime fictions had changed. Men aren’t the only detectives in the novels, but women can also become the “gumshoe” in many of the crime fiction novel, such as in “Murder in the Collective” by Barbara Wilson. Although the character in the novel was a woman, Wilson visualized the main character to play the role by becoming a lesbian (Duran). The role of the woman in the novel by becoming a lesbian was criticized to be the failure of changing the woman role stereotyped, for that shows the character to be a less-lady like. However, this novel was published only two years after the stereotyped had taken cover; and nevertheless the role of woman in the crime fiction had shift dramatically.
The novel “A is for Alibi” by Sue Grafton had also changed the …show more content…
Women were not allowed to have their freedom to be expressed or to even stand on the same ground as men, for they were nothing but like a duckling that should follow its mother. However, by the end of the 19th century the world had shifted and removed the inequality barrier between men and women. As women started to stand on equal ground with men, the inequality in the role of characters in crime fiction also changing. Women’s role was nothing but to cause trouble for men or they also sometimes picturized as having no significant role. After the removal of the inequality barrier between the men and women, the role of women had been set to a new standard. Women can also be the heroine in the story with characteristic of being intelligent, strong, and independent. The new standard that had been set had broadened up the variety and quality that the crime fiction has to offer, for the detectives/protagonists in the novels aren’t only men with similar characteristic, but women can also be the