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Criminal sentencing disparities between men and women...

posted 7 years ago by borabosna-625-510324
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is 62%, which is roughly six times the gap between blacks and whites. Women also avoid conviction much more often.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2144002

When Leah avoids consequences for her actions, it because she is female, not because she is white.

[–] ellencontributor 7 years ago

You are correct. Feminists will attribute this to men committing more crime, but the fact is it's close to about 50/50 with women committing about half the the crime, but doing less than half of the time. If you're a man and you're being battered by your domestic partner, you're still more likely to be arrested than she is.