28 Year old high-school girls basketball coach accused of sex with a 15 year old player. In doing so she betrayed her husband, a math teacher. She could face 15 years in jail. If this happens it would be surprising since most female sex offenders do not receive nearly the sentences of male sex offenders - not that the prison system is very rehabilitating for a human being.
Female Sex Offenders
Most women found guilty of sex offense do not receive nearly the harsh treatment of a male sex offender. Many of them are known to only receive probation after being found guilty of having sex with teenagers and children. Some of them will even play the role of victim to avoid a harsh punishment. The cases in these articles should serve to show the biases used in the legal system that help female pedophiles "get off". Watch out for words such as "affair", "love" and "seduce". These are light compared to the inflammatory words often used when speaking of male sex offenders. If you turn on any mainstream news station, the only sex offenders they show are male. The only females shown are the occasional pretty ones. This anti-male bias creates stereotypes and double-standards. This is without mentioning how quick the media is to portray females as victims in the news and in fiction, particularly if the victimizer is male. If women are equal to men, should they not be held to the same scrutiny and punishments as us? Or, on the other side of that same coin, is it possible that males in the prison system are treated harshly like animals and not offered enough sensitivity to be given a good opportunity to be rehabilitated? It is hard to tell. Are men given too much stereotype in the media? Either way, the gender bias is just sad and unacceptable.
