CCJ 3014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Victimology, Inferiority Complex, Marxist Feminism
24 Jul 2018
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Assumption that there was an inherent nature of women. Tghe position of women was bsed on explicit biological assumptions about their nature- anatomy is destiny. The inferiority of women (and their sex organs) was recognized universally women have developed penis envy (inferiority complex) Female involvement in crime was highly hidden from the public. Women were inherently deceitful because of physiological reasons. The deceitful nature of women permitted them to commit undetecable crimes. Class and gender division of labor combine to determine the social position of women and men. Crime is an expression of men"s need to control. Examines the connections between capitalism and patriarchy that leads men to crime and women to subordination (attempts to merge marxist and radical feminism) Support has been found for marxist and social feminist arguements. Asserts that the major sources of crime stem from the fact that unequal class, race/ethnic, and gender relations do in fact control society.
