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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe it's b/c women get light sentences for this sort of crimes?
[quote]Many people have noted the stark difference in the sentences male and female sex offenders receive. Female offenders tend to walk away with probation, time served, or very low jail sentences compared to male offenders. Some have denied this bias, others have ignored, and others have rationalized it as extension of “Patriarchy.”

Ironically, members of the latter group recently published a study about that issue. The study Sex-Based Sentencing: Sentencing Discrepancies Between Male and Female Sex Offenders published in Feminist Criminology confirms that female offenders do indeed receive lesser sentences than male offenders do.[/quote]
https://toysoldier.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/feminist-researchers-find-female-sex-offenders-get-slaps-on-the-wrist/[/quote]

Women get light sentences for these crimes because of attitudes like this:

[quote]It's hard to see these young men as being abused -- especially with some of these attractive young teachers -- but we seem to love victim stories these days.[/quote]
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