• FarraigePlaisteaċ (sé/é)@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That’s data, not evidence. To treat it as evidence you’d have to understand the causes (poverty, segregation, policing patterns, etc.).

    And you’re mixing two things: using group averages to judge individuals vs managing risk under uncertainty. The first is prejudice, the second is safety behaviour.

    Men on average are simply a higher physical risk to women than women are and so cost of being wrong is higher.