Summer Vacation!

Alright, June is here; school is out; work has slowed; finally time for some updates.
The following will probably be the last such story I post here for awhile.

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It’s another case of a female teacher sexually abusing her male students.
It seems to me, your humble blogger, we have been hearing of an ever-increasing number of these role reversals.
That raises two questions: is this a new trend? Or is just a crime that’s only now being increasingly identified and prosecuted? My wager would fall toward the former. I’d like to find some research or solid numbers on this, but it may just be bit early for reliable numbers.
I think I’ll chill a bit on posting about the other emerging trend as well: female-instigated violence. There appears to be a bumper crop of cases from local TV stations about crimes committed by women that were once the sole province of men; crimes like muggings, beatings, car theft, armed robbery, assault, etc.
I am rather curious as to the root cause of these new trends. In my humble opinion, I would have to believe that women commit these sorts of crimes for the same reasons men do. But up ‘til now, societal norms – instilled deeply early in life - drove men and women to divide their roles in crime as well as in life.
During the June and Cleaver days of the 50s, women unable to support themselves had few venues to turn to for assistance. In a patriarchal society bound by a distinct division of labor, wherein women were viewed inferior to men, a woman’s best hope in attaining wealth and power was through her husband. Certainly if she found a man who dared defy convention and allow his wife to work, she could contribute financially. But without fail, a woman’s salary would never match her husband’s, regardless of her intelligence or work ethic. Of course, it would have been pure folly to even contemplate allowing a woman to earn the same as a man in a similar position doing the same work.
Short of finding a well-to-do husband or decent job, crime served as the only other alternative. And in a society that indoctrinated its citizens that one-half of the population was good only for one thing, prostitution would follow as the next logical leap.
Little would change in regards to gender roles for the next few decades. Most women arrested and convicted of crimes generally fell into categories of drug possession or prostitution.
But something has changed within the last few years, especially the last five. Why? Keep reading…

To be continued…