Outdated practices of feminine theories, and stereotypes of the past bring serious consequences, especially for incarcerated women nowadays with regard to the sexual division of labor. As men are identified with the occupations of the field of public life, economic and political, which take, in fact, the responsibility for dealing with them. However, the same does not happen for women; they are confined to the womanly domestic occupation, so they can be a good servant. The media, the law, and the prison system portraits deviant women as mentally unstable also as someone who does not behave in a feminine manner. Angela Yvonne Davis is a political activist, scholar and author of the book, Are prisons Obsolete? This book challenges its readers