However, I've never encountered law-abiding men who make excuses for male criminals solely on the basis of their being of the same sex. Far from it, most men are more likely to throw the book at a male perp than at a female who commits the same crime.
In sharp contrast, there is a great deal of solidarity among seemingly "normal" (or at least non-criminal) women towards members of the same sex who commit crimes, up to and including murder. Their attitude is that a female perp is really just the victim of the sexist "patriarchy". We even have some women on this, a conservative site, with this mindset.
It's very much a mirror image of black vs. white crime. Law-abiding whites are more than happy to see white criminals locked up, and except for a few lunatics, never run to the defense of a white violent criminal simply on the basis of his race. In contrast, seemingly decent, middle class blacks with no criminal record suddenly develop a sense of solidarity towards their criminal co-racialists, simply because they are "brothers" of the same race.
For many people, identity politics trumps criminal justice.
Rudyard Kipling got it a hundred years ago: “The colonel’s lady/ and Rosie O’Grady/ are sisters under the skin.”
They are also inculcated with the belief that the system is against them, whitey is an evil plotter bent on causing them grief to no end, etc. ad-nauseam.
So there forms the basis of the solidarity, from there it’s not a stretch to assume that would necessarily predispose many of the subset to believe the accused over the accuser, or to assume something is amiss with policing, criminal justice, social justice, equal footing, etc.
‘blacks with no criminal record suddenly develop a sense of solidarity”
That has not been my experience. Some Blacks are much harder on other Blacks than on Whites for the same crime. But most seem to judge equally. Ans of course, some are much easier on other Blacks.
It is the same way with those who identify White or Christian, or college educated. Some have higher expectations of their own group. Some have lower expectatins of their own group. Most pick and choose which identity is most important.
Most Christians think the identity of being Christian is most important. Of being Christian American is most important.
Men have 25-50 times the testosterone than women do. Its not surprising, but also keep in mind a percentage of those violent crimes are done at the request of women, either because they can’t do it themselves or don’t want to get their own hands dirty.
Women and men arent any different. All the demographics they pick as targets are the same except one, normal healthy men, which women generally don’t target because they know they’ll lose and/or get really hurt doing so. But all other target demos, women go after as well. Weak/injured men, the elderly, the disabled, mentally ill, other women, and children, they all target them as well.
No difference. They go after as many categories as they can be successfully violent against. Society also gives them a mere slap on the wrist for doing the same crimes men do and get jail time or death for. Thats a known bias and it needs to end. Lindsay Clancy just being the latest example, they actually defend her and still say its her ex’s fault when she laready admitted it and her lawyer did too. Why wont they believe a woman when she says she murdered her kids?
For many people, identity politics trumps everything.