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.
Cuz women don’t have the balls to commit crime.
This is a joke.
Testosterone makes dudes crazy.
It is a hell of a drug
In most cases, I believe it’s a mix of hormones and traditionalism. Men have generally been more likely to seek grandeur by participating in violent activities, or, violent activities are demanded by their particular social group. Sometimes a mix of both.
I think it also it boils down to how gender roles are taught by different cultures. If men are taught to be the risk takers, it only makes sense that boundaries and laws will get pushed more by men. After all, intentionally breaking a law may simply be viewed as a calculated risk and not as something that should never be done.
Honestly speaking, it seems too easy of an answer to just blame male physiology. The social aspects of this can’t be ignore either.
This is it. It’s entirely a social cause. There’s an unstated rule that males are generally disposable unless they have status and/or resources.
This leads to men with low self esteem and nothing to lose, no hope, taking risks and taking out their frustration on society. It’s both for survival, to have some kind of relevance, and because what the hell else are they going to do when the coping mechanisms run out.
I have no idea how to solve this… but it’s entirely caused by capitalism, as per usual. When people are valued only by a dollar amount, this is what happens.
Definitely not “entirely” social. Its a big part of it but testosterone plays a role too.
From least to most relevant:
- There are more crimes that can only be done by men than by women.
- There are crimes that are taken more seriously by law enforcement when done by men.
- Male crime bosses are still bosses and unlikely to hire and promote women.
- Housework may be real but unpaid work, but does not lend itself to workplace crime.
- Males are more likely to be convicted, skewing statistics.
- We are teaching kids that being angry or horny are typically male emotions.
- Seeking help from family or institutions is discouraged for men, while being self reliant is idolized.
- We stopped prosecuting the crime of witchcraft /s
I think it’s probably fair to say that there was a lot of evolutionary pressure that selected for aggression in males and against it for females. Trying to ignore any biological differences is neglectful.
What are some examples of your first point?
There are at least some countries where the charge of rape specifically requires the aggressor to penetrate with a penis. (Yes I know some men and women have atypical numbers of penises for their gender, dont @ me)