Behind bars: institutionalized sexism

Abstract

The content of this paper discusses Canadian, American and Filipino women and mothers who experience incarceration in some way, shape or form. Focusing on the mistreatment and inequality that women endure when; serving their sentences, when encountering prison systems as a visitor, or when sentenced mothers are away from their children and struggle to maintain their identity. This research evaluates a range of cases from the 1840s to the 2020s, with a focus on institutionalized sexism through a feminist lens using qualitative and quantitative research and data to support this argument.