Women's Discrimination In The Drug Trade Market Essay
Men dominate the drug trade market because women were seen as unfit for the job. Women did not have the physical and metal attributions to work in an environment where they were exposed to violence and threats. In addition, women were seen as untrustworthy and unreliable which made it even more difficult for them move up in status. Although women were subjective to discrimination, victimization, unequal opportunity, and sexism when women saw an opportunity to even work in the drug trade market as a low status worker they took advantage of it even if the stakes of being caught were high. Women were subjected to discrimination in the drug market because they lacked strength and mental attributions that a men had. Men had the idea that women
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were unable to defend themselves if they were to confront a violent situation. Men also tend believe that women were more weak minded, sensitive, and not very intelligent which made it difficult for them to trust a women to sell drug because it seemed that they were easily taken advantage of, so there was a high possibility that drug managers can lose their money or merchandise. Lastly it was difficult to trust a women because they did not have any street credibility, good reputation, and did not have the toughness of a man to even handle such responsibility and street violence. A strategy to overcome these stereotypes, discrimination, and victimizations women projected themselves as someone who would do something crazy if anyone were to cause trouble with her, she will also give off a strong attitude, and would act tough just so people can know that they cannot take advantage of her or break her down. Women want to join the drug trade market because they made more money in selling drugs than working in prostitution.
Compared to working in prostitution, it was safer to be in the drug market because drug dealers were less exposed to the world, they were less likely to be arrest, and they would also decrease their chances of catching any sexually transmitted disease. Women also saw that people were not looking for sex as much as before, but instead people were looking for a quick high. This created new opportunities for women in the drug trade market, especially when crack cocaine was on demand, such as copping and selling drug paraphernalia. In copping, women were used as a look outs for cops while important working men in white color jobs get their high. This decreased the chances of the man getting exposed or getting arrested. In return women will get a taste of the drug, get paid for looking out, and/ or get paid for renting out their syringes. Women also liked to scam white collar men because either they paid too much for what the drug is worth, so women keep the change. Also men sometimes did not want pay the woman for their services such as obtaining the drug, so women would tapped the bags or add other adulterants to the drug. Women are also tipped by drug consumers so they can be pointed to the direction where the good drugs were are at. This helped drug consumers look like they were looking for woman to spend the night with instead of looking for drugs that could increase their chances of being exposed and getting
arrested. Although these might be some of the advantages for women, but they are still subjected to unequally opportunity in drug dealing because they were regarded as weak. During the 1980’s, crack cocaine created new opportunities for women to enter the drug world because the incarnation of men weakened the drug marketing system and managers needed people to sell. This opportunity created two types of social world for women continuity and change; continuity was where women did not participate in drug selling activities and change was where women learned how to make more money by selling drugs. During the late 1980’s, it was difficult for women to even obtain jobs in the drug marketing world because everyone was competing for positions in the drug market hierarchy and turfs to have more control over the drug market. Thus, many of the positions that females took were short lived because they were diverted by all the violence on the street or the unexpected beats from their managers for coming back short. Therefore, there were limited amount of ways for women to able to be apart of the drug trade market which was being in a relationship with a man that was involved in drug dealing activities, working eight hour shifts in day time hours, or taking up an opportunity when drug trade markets are low on men. Mostly in the drug trade market women were only used as cover ups or pawns, so that the real workers (men) will not get caught and be sent to jail. Women in the drug market were subjected to sexism because men believe that they were incapable of doing a man’s job and tend to believe that women need a man to support them. Women were also limited in participating drug dealing because they had other responsibilities, such as child care to attend to. Even police regarded women as unable to have some kind of control in drug deal, especially in shooting galleries. Police officers believed that men had more violence under control and were able to run a better successful shooting gallery business than women. In conclusion, this that took place in neighborhood called Bushwick located in Brooklyn, New York found that no women in the study ever worked at the top of the hierarchy in the drug trade market, but they were all mostly concentrated at the bottom of the chain. The perception of these women as being weak and being unable to be fit for the job was socially constructed because the neighborhood where the study was conducted was very diverse and had races such as Latins, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, African Americans, and Europeans- Americans that had similar perceptions of women, such as in someone who is nurturing, gentle, and have obligations to their home other than the street. Men in all these cultures were raised to be tough, strong, and violent when necessary. Since the lack of these qualities that women didn’t have it was difficult for mean to even trust a woman with such an important job that could risk anyone that was being involved in drug trafficking to be caught. The drug trade market to even exist is dependent on trust and reliability without it the drug trafficking system would fall apart. For a woman to even be seen participating in a hustle is surprising especially if they are part of the high chain of command, since men do not let women in their sexist and discriminating group of activities. By defying these gender norms and roles women would be able to escape these low status and low paid street jobs to be able to progress in higher paid positions and prove to men that they are capable of anything that a man can do.
were unable to defend themselves if they were to confront a violent situation. Men also tend believe that women were more weak minded, sensitive, and not very intelligent which made it difficult for them to trust a women to sell drug because it seemed that they were easily taken advantage of, so there was a high possibility that drug managers can lose their money or merchandise. Lastly it was difficult to trust a women because they did not have any street credibility, good reputation, and did not have the toughness of a man to even handle such responsibility and street violence. A strategy to overcome these stereotypes, discrimination, and victimizations women projected themselves as someone who would do something crazy if anyone were to cause trouble with her, she will also give off a strong attitude, and would act tough just so people can know that they cannot take advantage of her or break her down. Women want to join the drug trade market because they made more money in selling drugs than working in prostitution.
Compared to working in prostitution, it was safer to be in the drug market because drug dealers were less exposed to the world, they were less likely to be arrest, and they would also decrease their chances of catching any sexually transmitted disease. Women also saw that people were not looking for sex as much as before, but instead people were looking for a quick high. This created new opportunities for women in the drug trade market, especially when crack cocaine was on demand, such as copping and selling drug paraphernalia. In copping, women were used as a look outs for cops while important working men in white color jobs get their high. This decreased the chances of the man getting exposed or getting arrested. In return women will get a taste of the drug, get paid for looking out, and/ or get paid for renting out their syringes. Women also liked to scam white collar men because either they paid too much for what the drug is worth, so women keep the change. Also men sometimes did not want pay the woman for their services such as obtaining the drug, so women would tapped the bags or add other adulterants to the drug. Women are also tipped by drug consumers so they can be pointed to the direction where the good drugs were are at. This helped drug consumers look like they were looking for woman to spend the night with instead of looking for drugs that could increase their chances of being exposed and getting
arrested. Although these might be some of the advantages for women, but they are still subjected to unequally opportunity in drug dealing because they were regarded as weak. During the 1980’s, crack cocaine created new opportunities for women to enter the drug world because the incarnation of men weakened the drug marketing system and managers needed people to sell. This opportunity created two types of social world for women continuity and change; continuity was where women did not participate in drug selling activities and change was where women learned how to make more money by selling drugs. During the late 1980’s, it was difficult for women to even obtain jobs in the drug marketing world because everyone was competing for positions in the drug market hierarchy and turfs to have more control over the drug market. Thus, many of the positions that females took were short lived because they were diverted by all the violence on the street or the unexpected beats from their managers for coming back short. Therefore, there were limited amount of ways for women to able to be apart of the drug trade market which was being in a relationship with a man that was involved in drug dealing activities, working eight hour shifts in day time hours, or taking up an opportunity when drug trade markets are low on men. Mostly in the drug trade market women were only used as cover ups or pawns, so that the real workers (men) will not get caught and be sent to jail. Women in the drug market were subjected to sexism because men believe that they were incapable of doing a man’s job and tend to believe that women need a man to support them. Women were also limited in participating drug dealing because they had other responsibilities, such as child care to attend to. Even police regarded women as unable to have some kind of control in drug deal, especially in shooting galleries. Police officers believed that men had more violence under control and were able to run a better successful shooting gallery business than women. In conclusion, this that took place in neighborhood called Bushwick located in Brooklyn, New York found that no women in the study ever worked at the top of the hierarchy in the drug trade market, but they were all mostly concentrated at the bottom of the chain. The perception of these women as being weak and being unable to be fit for the job was socially constructed because the neighborhood where the study was conducted was very diverse and had races such as Latins, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, African Americans, and Europeans- Americans that had similar perceptions of women, such as in someone who is nurturing, gentle, and have obligations to their home other than the street. Men in all these cultures were raised to be tough, strong, and violent when necessary. Since the lack of these qualities that women didn’t have it was difficult for mean to even trust a woman with such an important job that could risk anyone that was being involved in drug trafficking to be caught. The drug trade market to even exist is dependent on trust and reliability without it the drug trafficking system would fall apart. For a woman to even be seen participating in a hustle is surprising especially if they are part of the high chain of command, since men do not let women in their sexist and discriminating group of activities. By defying these gender norms and roles women would be able to escape these low status and low paid street jobs to be able to progress in higher paid positions and prove to men that they are capable of anything that a man can do.