Women get way more scrutiny because for what ever reason most shoplifters are female. Armed robbery is a male thing, shoplifting is a female thing.
Ever notice that absolutely no one cares what men take into the fitting rooms at a store... there are never even any attendants near the men’s fitting rooms.
At my local WalMart here in Maine, there is a woman sitting on a stool in front of a desk near the fitting rooms in the men’s clothing department.
She counts how many pairs of pants I bring in there.
Then again, women also use those same fitting rooms.