Could someone please show me anywhere in western society where laws state?

Question

That one sex or the other should be exempt from criminal prosecution?
There seems to be some myth that women are not punished as severely as men. I have seen more instances where women were treated worse because they are EXPECTED to be good and conform to what they are told.

Here is an example where a man suggested this was true please check these answers. I have also heard it a number of different times in this forum.
http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApwjeLPe1VCLVoqXbEVtKUXAFQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20070922132131AACpfjf&show=7#profile-info-g8bUdd5Qaa

My dear johnmcn49 stating that, "all feminists always" is generalizing and I would think you of all people would prove it with empirical evidence.

Answer 1

I don't think that the sex of a person has anything to do with the severity of prosecution. It is seemingly more rested on the perceptions of the communities from which the convictions occur.
Who the defendant has for a lawyer.
How respectfully (or disrespectfully) the accused is perceived by the court.
Who the crime was committed against.
How many people show up in support for the defendant.

There are instances where the crime involves a woman who has done something, and the punishment is irresponsibly harsh. But I am sure that the same thing has or will happen to a man, who will be punished more harshly than we think is reasonable...he just won't receive media coverage, we tend to look for the more spectacular circumstances.
The courts run 5 days a week, all year long, except for holidays...and they are filled with men and women, all colors, all creeds.
Don't get me wrong, the justice system is in dire need of repair. But, I think gender has little to do with it.

Answer 2

Rape Laws.
Section 75 of the German Penal code under the Nazi regime preclude 'Female Homosexuality' from being a crime. The State of California had to introduce new legislation when a Woman filed charges of rape against two other Women. Queen Victoria would not enact a law against Female Homosexuals because She could not see just how 'Their' had intercourse with each other.
There is an underlying belief amongst certain members of the Legal Profession that Women should not be indited for crimes of 'Passion'. Remember the Woman who recieved a sentence of FIVE MONTHS for the shotgun murder of Her Husband?
A Judge in Australia recently stated that the plea of 'Self defense or provocation' did not mitigate the fact that a Man had been murdered (in His sleep) by His Wife and Daughters, even though there was no actual proof of evidence that an assault against any of Them had ever taken place. Prior to this ruling Women's Organizations have openly supported the basic premise that a Woman had the right to kill Her Husband in order to protect Her own life.

Answer 3

Deidre, please cite a few of these "instances," and do try to keep them in at least the 20th Century.

Obviously, there is no CODIFIED policy of women receiving lighter sentences; nevertheless, the effect is that women routinely receive lighter sentences, often accompanied by some convoluted rationalization as to almost justify their crimes, or at least to say that they would never have done it if a man didn't drive them to the brink.

I believe that the overwhemling majority of both men and women believe that women get off easy compared to men. I suspect that someone else will provide the laundry list of the Mary Winklers of the world, et al. I won't be bothered. You know it's true - we all do.

Answer 4

Franzia Kaka did you forget to take your smart pills today because your arguments as usual are really nonsensical. I don't recall anyone the law was right in fact Anti feminists are saying it is wrong. The FACTS say the wage gap is a myth. Women getting a legal pass to kill maim and abuse is what the law allows. So you should try thinking for once. And quite bleating your femprop.
The law does not give exemption it allows it to happen.

Answer 5

Where has anyone claimed one or the other sex were 'excempt' from prosecution?

I don't think I've read that anywhere... except here, your question.

You could look into VAWA - which practically ignores female violence upon men & children (with women being the primary abusers of children & elderly). The title alone suggests 'women' have more rights than men & children.

Here's a few quote from the below link #1:
~A lawyer said: "The women call the shots." Police often refuse to accept a man's charge. When a wife bit his husband's finger, the cop told him: "What was your finger doing in her mouth?" Another man was told to "take it like a man."~

~Another man heard the 2 a.m. "knock on the door" after he had broken up with his girlfriend earlier the same night. She charged him with holding her arms (when she was hitting him.) He had a hefty legal bill and risked losing his job.~

~"Women make false charges like crazy," a Legal Aid lawyer said. There is no penalty for doing this.~

In New Zealand, a march attended by 150 people decrying domestic violence noted that recently gangs of violent teenage girls were ravaging the area and the country. But the organizer of the march, Jeremy Logan, said they don't want any mention of violence by women to "sidetrack" their efforts to paint men as the true purveyors of domestic violence. - that's in link #2

In link #3, ~In December, a Chronicle analysis of sex offenders in Texas found that women tended to receive shorter sentences than men — by about 1,000 days — for such crimes as sexual assault of a child and aggravated sexual assault of a child.~

Answer 6

It think you're paddling upstream on this one. There's lots of evidence of women getting lighter criminal sentences than men. Martha Stewart is a glaring exception, but her public persona is held in disdain by many women, and this may well have contributed to her getting screwed as she did.
You may be right in terms of sigmas, where the penalties are subtle and emotional. But check out the literature on girls' bullying, and notice how this sort of punishment coincides with female forms of aggression.

Answer 7

You have stuck your foot into your mouth. Why do you feminists always make the assertion of " myth " when a evidence based fact seems inconvenient to you. You are in what is called the " moralistic fallacy ", though why you would want women to receive equal sentencing with men is beyond me.

Answer 8

It doesn't say anywhere in law. But I guess "law" is always right, at least according to the anti-feminist arguments against the existence of the gender pay gap. Because it says by law that women are supposed to earn the same amount of money for the same work. The law says it, so they MUST earn the same in practice, right?! It says right there in law.

Oh, well. I guess since the law is always right and doesn't need any changes or additions, men are just s.hit out of luck in this case.
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Oh, ha ha. Let's apply the anti-feminist gender pay gap logic to this situation! I bet the reason it *appears* men are getting harsher sentences is because they actually commit worse, more violent, more disgusting crimes, in the same way it only *appears* women are getting paid less because they do less work over a lifetime. We have evidence that men do commit more heinous crimes, don't we? So what's the problem with the overall harsher punishments? These guys need to get with the program.

Answer 9

Try the Victorian Age in England. It worked along class lines.

Answer 10

well sounds to me like you are trying to tell us the same thing in that more women get worse treatment when they commit a crime then men do. so there may not be any were that it is stated in law, however, as with those who claim men get worse or better treatment you your self are also making a like claim in that women resieve worse treatment.