Meda Lind-Chesney: Media Misogyny

We know when women play a role in the media they are newsworthy to the public because it isn't normal to see a women breaking the law or killing someone so it fascinates us. It was interesting to read this article because I had no clue that women gangs are growing and I didn't know women were becoming more violent. I also found it interesting that women's gang stories were popular all over the news and on talk host shows like "Oprah" and "Larry King".  The article mentioned that women's violence raised but not dramatically because what was being accounted for were stuff like assaulting their husbands, school fights, girls hitting their moms and small fights on the streets.  The rise wasn't happening because women are becoming out of control and are committing really violent crimes because they weren't. I believe women are committing more violent crimes because they are becoming more independent and can now commit the same crimes as men. Also, the feminist movement plays a part in this.