The male majority [View all]

I speak, of course, about the fact that the majority of people being imprisoned, abused and killed in prison, are male.

Why would it be sexist to talk about in those terms and why would anyone interested in gender equality try to silence a discussion of it?


At Sun Dec 29, 2013, 08:16 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

Don't worry, it's mostly young males I bet.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4244807

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS:

Attempting to make a sexist point from an important post,

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sun Dec 29, 2013, 08:25 AM, and the Jury voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT and said: Enough.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: It's a jackass thing to write, but I don't think it's all that disruptive. Ignore it.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: How is it sexist to talk about male incarceration rates? Silly alert.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: This poster has a long history of controversial opinions- and I vote to leave it, because I think there is a point here that will make people think about whether this might really be a gender issue.

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