If Jane Attwood were a man would the sentence have been more severe?

Question

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7366909.stm

A married mother who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy at a cinema in London's Leicester Square has been given a three-year supervision order.

Judge Andrew Trollope told Jane Attwood, 36, that she had behaved in a "deplorable and unjustifiable" manner.

Southwark Crown Court heard she carried out a s*x act on him before making him perform one on her in December 2006.

Attwood, of Lodge Avenue, Dagenham, east London, admitted three charges of sexual activity with a child.

She was also ordered to attend a s*x offenders' programme and her name will go on the s*x Offenders' Register for five years.

Answer 1

Talk about the old double standard eh?

Of course if it was a man who did this, he would get some jail time, not just

a slap on the wrist like she got.

What would make the courts think a child would be less affected because it was a woman?