Media trend - Sympathetic regard for violent women

	posted by Adam on Sunday July 27, @03:42PM from the More-double-standards-for-ya dept.
	CJ writes "A typical trend in the media that deserves attention is how females who commit acts of violence often get sympathetic regard and complete consideration concerning what may have lead to these actions. Here is a story about a woman who did an armed carjacking, a 33-mile chase, rammed several police cars and struck a state trooper and the article is sympathetic and inquires for reasons why it happened. The report goes on to bring up custody issues (rare case where a couple lost custody), and how someone feared she was fleeing an “abusive spouse,” I would like to add that another car chase occurred around the same time that involved a male, and both got media attention, but there has been no follow up about what happened in a sympathetic light for his case. If a man had done this, he would be charged criminally – no matter what, end of story."

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Media trend - sympathetic regard for violent women (Score:1) by Gregory on Sunday July 27, @08:50PM EST (#1) (User #1218 Info) Yes, this certainly seems to be a current trend, and I think it's been going on for some time. I'm reminded of a "Cops" episode I saw recently involving a domestic violence incident. A drunk man shoved a women and the woman slugged him in the face and knocked him senseless. The police came and took the guy away charging him with battery. The woman was treated as a victim. The drunk guy was scrawny and pitiful looking. He had also assaulted another guy. But I can't help thinking that if the genders were reversed -- and a drunk woman shoved a guy and he had hit her in the face and knocked her down -- how different the outcome would have been. I don't doubt the guy would have been charged and taken to jail. And the woman would have been treated as the victim, of course. It seems that no matter what the situation, as far as the police are concerned the guy is the batterer and the woman is the victim.

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