Feminist Theory - Deviance - Lecture Slides, Slides of Sociology of Deviance

Download Feminist Theory - Deviance - Lecture Slides and more Slides Sociology of Deviance in PDF only on Docsity! Feminist Theory Chesney-Lind  Construction of explanations of female behavior that are sensitive to its patriarchal context  Examines ways in which agencies of social control (the police, the courts, and the persons) act in ways to reinforce a woman’s place in male society  It would first and foremost be sensitive to the situations of girls.  Negative example: women’s movement causing increase in women’s crime Part 2: Ch. 10 Docsity.com  A feminist theory of female delinquency would recognize these facts:  Girls may have more reason to run away from home than boys  Patriarchy means the abusers (family) can call authorities to apprehend and/or punish those daughters/victims  Girls are more likely to be defined as sexually desirable  Once on the streets, their lives are shaped by patriarchal institutions that devalue women, such as prostitution  Girls and women get caught in a vicious cycle of victimization, delinquency and crime Part 2: Ch. 10 Docsity.com  Why is a feminist theory of deviance necessary?  How do agents of social control reinforce a female’s place in a male-dominated society? Part 2: Ch. 10 Docsity.com