Female Delinquency

Since I was young I was told that having a baby girl is always hard because female are suppose to be quiet, obey, stay out of trouble,… therefore it’s difficult for parents to have a female in the family because they (parents) have to keep an eye on her, while a male child requires less supervision. Our society has been considering female like angels and this gives an excuse to these female for bad acts. For example if a female runs away from home people may think that she has been abused by family members or that she is not getting enough attention. If she steals money people may say that she needs it to satisfy her needs. If a male runs away from home or steals money, people say that he went to join bad friends and can be more likely convicted for criminal charges than a female .

A male can be walking on the street in the middle of the night because he is believed to be strong enough and can defend himself in case he is attacked, but POOR FEMALE are encouraged not to do so because people can take advantage of their weakness and harm them, therefore we always feel sorry for them and have excuse for their bad acts. We can even see this from small kids who mostly run to their mums for protection because these kids believe that mums are hamble and nice.

In my country of Rwanda there are some people who are being charged for the crime of genocide, but whenever people hear that a woman is among those who are facing charges, it brings up many questions and discussions because many people don't believe that women are capable of such crimes. However, for us who are from that country we know that there are some women who participated in the genocide.

This is a result of Symbolic Interaction in which female have always been given a stereotype of being innocent, nice, victims, weak, ....Even in some working areas female are given easier jobs because they are known to be weak which is a disadvantage for strong female who can do hard job.