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When I was looking for articles about women criminals I stumbled upon one which states how judges were ordered to show more mercy on women criminals when deciding sentences. According to the article,  women criminals are poorly educated, have not committed violence and have children to look after. However, in a society where we look at men and women as equal, I ask myself is this possible? I guess that men and women are held to a different standard. To tie Lombroso into this he has said that women are the inferior sex and their main goal is to achieve maternity, their sole purpose of living and a women’s greatest achievement, however why is this consideration constantly should be taken into account with all these cases. We must consider that there are outliers in all cases against women criminals, not all women have that nurturing, maternal instinct about them. Shouldn’t courts look at the other side of this; what about the men who have children at home to take care of, who have more nurturing instincts than some women, why don’t the court take this into consideration as well the way they do with women. Are women truly at a disadvantage, are they the inferior sex, as stated by Lombroso. It looks as women are getting more of the benefit of the doubt and getting off easier. So I ask you to think about are women truly the inferior sex in society today, maybe if Lombroso was part of today’s society where supposedly men and women are supposed to be treated as equals, he might think different, he might think perhaps men are the inferior sex ?

http://http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1311004/Judges-ordered-mercy-women-criminals-deciding-sentences.html