Had a long debate with someone. Basically, it was about whether or not violent and sexual crimes are male issues. Any other arguments as to why that is/isn't the case?

LondonDude123 · 2021-10-04T16:40:19+00:00

Here is a study conducted by Harvard Medical School, using data from the CDC and American Psychiatric Association, which has also been peer-reviewed AND published in the American Journal of Public Health.

A recent study by Harvard Medical School conducted a survey of 11,000 men and women and found that 50% of the violence was reciprocal. Both men and women also took responsibility for being equally violent in the heat of passion.

The Harvard study found that when violence was one-sided, meaning unprovoked, both men and the women themselves who took the study said 70% of the time it was the women who committed violence against the men.

Another study by the American Psychiatric Association that backs the Harvard Medical School study was published by Joan Arehart-Treichel who says, "When it comes to non-reciprocal violence between intimate partners, women are more often the perpetrators."

Heres the article that sums it all up!

BeNice_777 · 2021-10-04T16:16:11+00:00

Violent and sexual crimes should not be treated as male or female focused. They are societal issues that impact people regardless of their genitalia.

flubberrobby · 2021-10-04T16:50:27+00:00

Socioeconomic inequality between men that leads to crime has so many contributors that can't really be compared, it's hard to say if it is or not. If you zoom in on particular things you could say those specific things are, or not.

reddut_gang · 2021-10-04T19:28:59+00:00

crime isn't gendered

Svenskbtch · 2021-10-05T10:37:15+00:00

Domestic violence is about as much a female as a male issue. Physical violence outside the home is indeed mostly a male issue. Male sociopathy is much more likely to be expressed through violent actions; female sociopathy through emotional manipulation and slander.

Sexual violence would be mostly a male issue - if we did not condemn and punish it so harshly, which keeps even sociopathic men from committing too many of those crimes. Women, however, face much less threat and condemnation and hence have less compunction to engage in, say, statutory rape or sexual harrassment. In fact, they are often proud of it.

Put simply: what we see is the result of two factors - strength and inclination to violence on the one hand; and the social conditioning on the other. If we consistently portray men who cross the line as monsters while a woman slapping or even killing a man as signs of comedy or even empowerment, then this is what we would expect.

Input_output_error · 2021-10-05T11:19:44+00:00

Gendering a problem is sexist and toxic, anyone who wants to have such a 'debate' isn't worth debating. Gendering a problem isn't about discussing a problem, it is about who to blame for said problem. By acknowledging the premise that there is such a thing as a 'gendered problem' you've already lost the discussion.

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