https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/utah-teacher-brianne-altice-defends-relationship-with-teenage-student
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNBgcNHRDfd/?igsh=ZzFkY3lvYnJxOG85
Allah teaches us to be just with everyone, regardless of: Religion, Ethnicity, Culture, Tribal/Familial-Ties, Gender, National-Origin, Lifestyle-Choice, etc. Via al-Islām, regardless of whom one is and/or what one does: al-Qist/Justice is to be for all. No one is supposed to be treated favorably just because, if they do something wrong. Likewise, no one deserves to be discriminated against just because they lack: Money, Power, Privilege, Connections, Status, etc.
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.5, V.8&135)
However, pitifully, we do in fact live in Societies that really treat People favorably/unfavorably, exclusively because of Factors which literally have 0 to do with the Crimes committed & have 0-Premise via at-Tanzīl/Revelation. A Specific-Example is pertaining to how Men & Women are significantly prosecuted, judged, convicted, sentenced, etc. when it comes to al-Ightisāb/Sexual-Abuse:
https://www.wbtv.com/2023/03/02/no-jail-time-woman-who-admitted-having-sex-with-13-year-old-having-his-baby/
www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/gender-differences-sentencing-felony-offenders
www.researchgate.net/publication/277416237_Sex-Based_Sentencing_Sentencing_Discrepancies_Between_Male_and_Female_Sex_Offenders
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327825mcs0902_2#:~:text=The%20chivalry%20hypothesis%20posits%20that,crimes%20than%20their%20male%20counterparts.
As per the Aforementioned-Articles: the Theme which is problematic is that Sexual-Predators whom’re Women are categorically deemed “Less-Sinister” than Men whom’re Sexual-Predators. And, this is completely a Toxic-Concept. This-Concept is predicated upon the “Chivalry-Hypothesis”. According to This-Hypothesis, Women are deemed “weaker” than Men & by virtue of that “Weakness” they should be penalized less for Crimes. When it comes to al-Ightisāb: Gender isn’t supposed to matter…the Gender of the Mughtasib/Sexual-Abuser doesn’t at all make whatever they did any more/less despicable, dangerous, etc. Yet, pitifully, via the Vantage-Points of Secular Legal-Systems: Women are delt with in a much less Sterness, as opposed to Men as per al-Ightisāb. Classic-Example: RKelly got sentenced to 30-Years resulting from al-Ightisāb, while Ghislaine Maxwell got sentence to 20-Years. Inherently, in Many-Ways, they’re both equally guilty of the Same-Types/Kinds of Sex-Crimes. But, clearly because of Gender-Bias: Ghislane Maxwell got Less-Time & RKelly got More-Time.
www.businessinsider.in/international/news/why-r-kelly-got-sentenced-to-10-more-years-of-prison-time-than-ghislaine-maxwell/articleshow/92583194.cms
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/r-kelly-sentence-ghislaine-maxwell-sex-trafficking-b2113216.html
No one deserves to get more/less Punishment for Sex-Crimes, if Persons have committed the Same-Types/Kinds of Crimes of the Same-Caliber. This Gendercentric-Disparity truly sends a Horrible-Message. It implies that Women can always get “slapped on the Wrist” as per Certain-Crimes, but Men will get grilled as per those Same-Types/Kinds of Crimes.
Gareth Bryant
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