Women Shopping With Large Shoulder Bags Are Often Treated Like Shoplifters

A recent study showed 89% of the women polled, who carried large shoulder bags, were treated like shoplifters by store personnel.

While female shoplifters typically carry large purses to hold what they intend to steal, all women who carry large purses are not thieves.

Nevertheless, loss prevention personnel are trained to spot certain attributes of potential shoplifters; and carrying large purses into a store is a loss-prevention training detail.

In 2010, out of 100 shoplifting complaints where police were called, 83 resulted in lawsuits against the complaining business. 71 of the 83 ended in settlement payouts of undisclosed amounts. All cases involved women who carried large purses while shopping.

Some women asked whether they should just carry a wallet inside places where they shop. Others protested saying it was not fair to them to have to inconvenience themselves to satisfy retailers' paranoia.

Being the 'Mistress' of a Billionaire Isn't As Glamorous As It May Seem

The wife has spoken and the mistress has to give it all back. At least that's the ruling of a judge who heard arguments in the bold and bizarre case of the 80-year-old billionaire and his public philandering. It's fair to say being a mistress isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Billionaire and former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling, was an indirect focus of another controversy.

This time his mistress, V. Stiviano, was the 'defendant' in the complaint, in which Mrs. Sterling contends Stiviano seduced her 80-year-old husband, manipulating him into giving up community property that the couple earned over the course of their marriage.

According to the report, the judge sided with Mrs. Sterling, ordering Stiviano to surrender several luxury cars, including a Ferrari, $800,000 in cash handouts, and she had to vacate a $1.8 million duplex.