[betenoire]

I read an interesting book a few years back, about women who commit violent crimes. (I get we're not talking about murder right now, but I promise what I am saying is relevant) The book did a bunch of case studies of females who had committed murder, and the outcomes of their trials.

Basically, a woman who is "acceptably" female (ie - attractive, thin, straight, white, domestic, blah blah blah) almost -always- get a lighter sentence than women who are "unacceptably" female. In the case where the woman is unacceptably female she will often get a harsher sentence than a male who commits a similar offense.

I'll be watching this case with interest.