“It’s just the way it is. Doesn’t mean everyone with a penis is a criminal, of course not. But common sense dictates you play the odds.”
It wasn’t my intention to state everyone with a penis is a criminal.
Unfortunately - most criminals who commit these types of crimes have penises.
This seems to be upsetting to some folks here...oh well.
http://www.fathermag.com/authors/Carey_Roberts/003/column/articles/31773.shtml
In 2003, females, usually mothers, represented 58% of perpetrators of child abuse and neglect, with men composing the remaining cases. In that same year an estimated 1,500 children died of abuse or neglect. In 31% of those cases, the perpetrator was the mother acting alone, compared to 18% of fathers acting alone. [www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm03/index.htm]
Then theres the scandal of Dumpster babies. In 1998, 105 newborn infants were discovered abandoned in public places. One-third of those babies were found dead.
This seems to be upsetting to some folks here...oh well.
One thing that's funny is that the FReepers who are giving you grief for holding this view seem to be the same ones applying the exact same criteria to Muslims with regard to terrorism. ;)
Perhaps you could speak to the consequences of your "better safe than sorry" viewpoint...breezy dismissal just isn't cutting it.