Prior to the Sentencing Guidelines, Gender Did Not Appear to Have

question 25

True/False

Prior to the sentencing guidelines, gender did not appear to have an effect on sentencing guidelines.

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Definitions:

Critical Feminist

A perspective that critically examines how gender inequities and power imbalances affect women's lives and advocates for societal changes to achieve gender equality.

Feminists

Individuals who advocate for gender equality and the rights of women, challenging societal norms and structures that perpetuate discrimination and inequality.

Gender Identifications

The ways individuals relate to and identify with cultural concepts of gender, which may or may not align with their biological sex.

Feminism

According to bell hooks (2000, p. 1), feminism is “a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.”