> probably good risk management
Is it, though? This data [0] says otherwise.
[0]: http://www.breakingthescience.org/SimplifiedDataFromDHHS.php
Is it, though? This data [0] says otherwise.
[0]: http://www.breakingthescience.org/SimplifiedDataFromDHHS.php
A more neutral source:
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/htus8008.pdf
… which suggests the opposite (but there’s not much in it).
In terms of broader risks, males commit a clear majority of violent offences and a vast majority of sexual offences.
This isn’t even just a human thing. Male primates (and mammals generally) exhibit more aggressive behavior than females. It’s probably a deep consequence of anisogamous sexual differentiation:
https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169...