Why is there a double standard regarding female s*x offenders?

Question

"Men are demonized, women are diagnosed. Men are beasts, women are mentally-ill"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/15/earlyshow/main1715421.shtml

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2003874026_predator10.html

http://www.canadiancrc.com/Newspaper_Articles/ABC_Letournea_2020_30SEP04.aspx

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514111742.htm

Answer 1

I have no idea why female s*x offenders don't just go for guys 18 and over. There are plenty of us. I think these women like correcting the 'bad lays' who are 17 and under.  

Answer 2

Well, according to your Science Daily link, women who are sexual offenders ARE usually mentally ill.

However, that does not mean that a double standard does not exist. I think the double standard goes back to age old sexist stereotypes that women are are weak, asexual, and "nurturing."

There are far more men who commit these kinds of crimes, so I think that reinforces the cultural biases and sexist stereotypes, but I think that our justice system needs to send a clear message that this is not acceptable, regardless of one's s*x, and that there is no excuse.

Answer 3

It's true and in fact it is condescending to women.

It is also highly weird that women don't get executed for the same crimes as men do which makes the whole application of the death penalty laughably unconstitutional.

For some reason we just won't and can't believe that a woman can be evil. She also needs to be SO COMPLETELY unladylike before we will execute her.

(ie Aileen Wurnos)

It's OK to strap a man to a gurney and fill him full of lethal chemicals but if you strap anything feminine to a gurney and do it it just doesn't seem right somehow ....

PATRIARCHS!!!   LET'S DEMAND EITHER MORE EXECUTIONS OF WOMEN OR THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ALL!!!

Meet you in the Church Hall for a Vote! Bring the Oppressions!!

THEY TUK URRRR JOBS!!!!

Answer 4

The same reason why there is a double standard regarding how women are expected to behave when it comes to s*x.  BECAUSE THAT IS HOW LIFE WAS SET UP BY IGNORANT PEOPLE....Boys can stay out late as they want and have many different s*x partners,  but if  a female does it,  she is labeled as a w***e.  Men can have a vasectomy if they choose to,  but a woman cannot get her tubes tied or get a hysterectomy without medical reasons and surgical consent....  Life is full of double standards and women get slapped with loads of them.... Not too many women are s*x offenders, but that's besides the point.

Answer 5

There are far more male s*x offenders than female ones. And anyway I wouldn't worry about it love, most male s*x offenders never get convicted anyway.

Answer 6

This is the result of post-modern feminist dogma.

Answer 7

There may be in the ones that make the news - but there are many more that don't make the 6 o'clock news.   Women are usually mentally ill, when they offend.  

Women tend to have one victim that they are fixated on- they believe they are in love.  Men tend to have multiple victims and coerce their victims into keeping quiet.

Ksioleau - check out Wendy's answer- and the question!!!!!!!!!!! NTB?

Answer 8

two good reasons, one because the liberal media is primarily targeting women for their shows so they like to push the victim ideology on women so they can feel innocent no matter what they do. Second is that historically the courts have been very conservative and as such generally side with females to protect the family unit. Funny how two sides can achieve the same end result.

Answer 9

Because Society still needs Feminism. Women are still seen as helpless victims and men are still seen as beasts that cannot control themselves. Feminism is working to correct this.

Answer 10

I think the double standard comes from the idea that males are always ready and willing for s*x, and so when a teacher has s*x with a boy he's seen as getting lucky, even though in so many of these cases he hasn't even reached puberty.

It probably also stems from the idea that females can't coerce males into s*x, which of course is nonsense.  And many males who have been coerced into s*x don't report their experiences to the authorities, so it's quite hard to prosecute females for sexual assault of males.

And males are usually seen as being less vulnerable than females, and less likely to be damaged by their early sexual experiences.  

I find this double standard shocking and outrageous, and I would like to see female s*x offenders given the same kinds of sentences as male offenders.  Boys need to be protected from sexual abuse, and these female teachers (and others) who abuse their authority and power need to be brought to appropriate justice.