RE: Sweden Aims for "Gender Neutrality"
April 12, 2012 at 11:47 pm
(This post was last modified: April 12, 2012 at 11:49 pm by Aegrus.)
So far, most of Rennat's links show individual cases of female crime, whereas Shell B and Epimethean's show broader studies. There are exceptions, but that' the general trend.
Given the current evidence, I agree that women overall are less prone to violent crimes than men. However, couldn't a person argue that this is only because women are currently socialized to be more submissive in most modern societies? If men and women were treated completely equally, might the crime rates in turn equalize? Perhaps many of the differences in behavior between males and females in society are a result of conditioning. As evidence for this, I'd need to cite links that show the male to female crime rates in very unequal countries as opposed to equal countries. Alas, I'm too lazy to do that right now, so I can't expect anyone to listen to me.
Given the current evidence, I agree that women overall are less prone to violent crimes than men. However, couldn't a person argue that this is only because women are currently socialized to be more submissive in most modern societies? If men and women were treated completely equally, might the crime rates in turn equalize? Perhaps many of the differences in behavior between males and females in society are a result of conditioning. As evidence for this, I'd need to cite links that show the male to female crime rates in very unequal countries as opposed to equal countries. Alas, I'm too lazy to do that right now, so I can't expect anyone to listen to me.
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