There was a little girl
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead,
And when she was good,
She was very, very good,
But when she was bad, she was horrid. By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This was quoted in a book I am reading (Women and Violence), the following paragraph says:
This rhyme which is found in many children's books, and which is recited to little children, reflects the expected behavior of females in our society. Little girls and also women need to be sweet, cherubic, and good. when they deviate from these role expectations, they are considered to be very, very bad, even horrid. It is true that females are highly under-represented in crime in the United States. Perhaps as a result of the fact that female criminals are in the minority or perhaps because women are not considered the important people in our society, there has been very little written about the female offender. In 1968 it was suggested that one chapter would be all that was needed to present the available information on the nature and origins of female criminality.