Why do YOU think men commit more crime than women? (lemmy.world)

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Its an objective fact among every country that publishes crime statistics. These countries all vary widely in every other metric you can imagine (social, economic, political etcetera). But, crime being disproportionately commited by men is a universal constant. Nobody has an objectively correct answer to this question, it's just a prompt for discussion. Share your opinion, whatever it may be. However, please don't be a dick to other commenters. Disagreement, good faith, many view points and discussion is the goal here.

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[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It's not possible to measure committed crimes. If anyone parrots some crime statistics without limiting themselves to violent crimes it's 100% bullshit. Crime statistics just measure convictions. Violent crime rates often times include unsolved murders and assaults.

[-] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world -1 points 16 hours ago

Is your stance that women do commit more crime then?

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 16 hours ago

No. I did not in any way say that. If you swapped "men" and "women" in the title I would have said the exact same thing.

If you have a conclusion that men hold more criminal convictions then that could be true because it's very quantifiable.

[-] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago

Oh so you just want to "erm actually" and not make any meaningful contribution to the conversation

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 16 hours ago

My contribution is meaningful. Men "commit" more crimes because they're convicted of more crimes. There are MANY studies across centuries that look into that.

[-] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Why do you think they are convicted more?

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago

More like women are convicted less. I'm not really qualified to answer. :|

[-] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world -2 points 15 hours ago

Absolutely the worst possible way to engage with a question post.

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