Having spent a lot of time around the criminal justice system with two previous jobs, this is an issue that I am already familiar with. In fact, when I told two men in my life that I was reading this book, one of them said, "Well, are there more men or women who are homeless?" As if that was either relevant to the subject at hand, or pertained directly to whether the law is skewed against women. The other man said that women are devious which is why there aren't more women in custody. These are not particularly radical men, nor would they say they ascribe to the Patriarchy, or consider themselves misogynists, but these were the very first comments they thought of when talking out loud about the subject.

I think I found the most interesting section to be the part about neutral language in the law, giving the impression that men and women suffer equally with some issues which is just not true. For example most domestic violence is perpetrated by men, most intimate partner murders are perpetrated by men, most harassment, rape, and stalking offences are committed by men. By making the language around these cases gender neutral we are giving the impression that it is a more equal offence than it is. I hadn't thought about it like that. I found the book really interesting and I would read more on this topic.