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  1. Mrs. Dogood
    November 6, 2018

    5. What do these stats imply for our current “male privilege” debates?

    That we haven’t reached our goal and we must divide into two more groups until we get the right answer. After which we will inevitably find that it is not ‘male privilege’ but a sub groups lack of privilege.

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  2. Billy
    November 6, 2018

    Are there other statistics available to either mitigate or strengthen the reasons for differences in incarceration rates? Things like the seriousness of the crimes committed, repeat offender status, number of crimes committed in one instance, etc. should also be under consideration prior to attempting to reason out why there is disparity.

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  3. Stephen Hicks
    November 6, 2018

    Billy: Yes, the source says those are controlled for in the calculations: “males received 12 percent longer prison terms than females after ‘controlling for the offense level, criminal history, district, and offense type.’”

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    • Bobo
      January 10, 2023

      lol, females actually learn from incarceration ~ males, uh, not so much 😏

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  4. Anderson Nascimento Nunes
    November 8, 2018

    Related to this, suggested video: On White Sprinters & Female CEOs by HumanityBites (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evs6fe7RG68). Right at the beginning the speaker addresses incarceration rates of men and women in the UK.

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  5. Mark
    November 15, 2018

    Most studies on discrimination in sentencing find men get about 60% longer sentences. So the 12% study is an anomaly. There is a bit on that in this study and these blogposts:

    https://www.law.umich.edu/newsandinfo/features/Pages/starr_gender_disparities.aspx

    http://empathygap.uk/?p=215

    https://becauseits2015.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/defining-demonstrating-understanding-male-disposability/

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