/u/MrHanckey explains why life imprisonment was somewhat appropriate in the case of an adult woman who forced a 13 year old boy to grope her breast.

For your idea to work there has to be this band of women who are committing crimes and not being jailed.

I don't know that I would call them a "band," but it's true that women commit violent crimes and don't get jailed at a much higher rate than men. When a woman assaults her husband, he is much, much less likely to call 911. So that's a woman who has committed a crime and doesn't go to jail. If you are aware if "reams of paper" that dispute this, please disclose the data.

If the man does call 911, the police are much more likely to leave without making an arrest, in contrast to cases in which women report being assaulted by their husbands. So there is another woman who committed a violent crime, and didn't go to jail. I would like to see the multiple studies that show this is not true.

If a woman commits an assault at a bar and is arrested, she is much less likely to be charged because her male victim is more reluctant than a similarly situated woman to pursue prosecution. So there is another woman who committed a violent crime, and didn't go to jail. Can you please show me the reams of paper that reach another conclusion?

When a woman is arrested and prosecuted for fighting with a police officer, she is more likely to be charged with resistng arrest, disturbing the peace, or disorderly conduct, or some other non-violent offense than battery. So there is another woman who committed a violent crime, and didn't go to jail. Can you show me the multiple studies that disprove this?

When a woman is charged with a violent crime, she is less likely to be convicted. Even murder. In fact, women have a litany of affirmative defenses that apply only to women. So there is another woman who committed a violent crime, and didn't go to jail. Can you show me the data that proves these affirmative defenses don't exist?

When a woman is convicted, she is far more likely to recieve no custodial sentence, and if she goes to prison or jail, she will do less time. So it stands to reason that even if women and men commit crimes at the same rate, if women get 18 month sentences and men serve 2 years, there will be more men in prison for violenct crimes. So there is another woman who committed a violent crime, and didn't go to jail. I would like to see your contradictory reams of paper.

There has to be case after case of unsolved crimes by women.

And there are. Like suicide, women and men commit murders in different ways. Women commit murders in ways that are much less likely to be detected, and much less likely to be proven, like drugs and poisons. So there is another woman who committed a violent crime, and didn't go to jail. Can you please show me the reams of data that show this not to be true?

It isn't hard to find data to support what I'm saying. There is reams of paper on the topic. It has been studied multiple times.

If it isn't hard to find, you will have no trouble showing it to me

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