EDIT: Framing a woman entirely as a passive victim of her hormones or postpartum biology strips away the concept of adult female autonomy.
By reducing her actions to medical helplessness, the defense inadvertently relies on old, patriarchal tropes... making Lindsay Clancy defenders, ironically, the ultimate anti-feminists.
you kid but if you've seen enough videos of cops in high stress situations over the last few years it's clear who handles stress better (and also, who is more aggressive)
I'm not disputing men shoot more, they do. This is obviously anecdotal but i handle tort/1983 cases against police departments, including where police pursue a suspect and ultimately hit my client. I've only had four of those cases and two of the drivers were women, both testified more or less to having tunnel vision and by the time i took the deposition, each of them (who were under 35) had left the force. Women are 10% of the police force where I live, so its curious they account for half of the wrongful pursuit cases i've handled, and the two most egregious. IMO a chase is amongst the most high stress situations, esp for new officers, so its a good proxy for determining how well one handles stress
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u/Available_Dot_935 4h ago edited 3h ago
EDIT: Framing a woman entirely as a passive victim of her hormones or postpartum biology strips away the concept of adult female autonomy.
By reducing her actions to medical helplessness, the defense inadvertently relies on old, patriarchal tropes... making Lindsay Clancy defenders, ironically, the ultimate anti-feminists.