Does virile behavior have a cost for society?
In France, according to official statistics, 86% of murders are committed by men.
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By: Charlie Dupiot Follow |
Emmanuelle Bastide
2 min
If one relies on official statistics, the vast majority of crimes in France are perpetrated by men.
Thus 86% of murders are committed by men, as are almost all rapes (99%) or thefts with weapons (95%), a very large proportion of fatal road accidents (84%), not to mention a prison population of 96.3% male, non-exhaustive list.
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Beyond the consequences for the victims and social peace, these anti-social behaviors also have a cost for society and the State.
However, this aspect is rarely taken into account in our public policies.
How to explain this male over-representation in the crime figures?
Do we find the same statistics abroad?
Can we speak of a financial cost of virility for society?
Lucie Peytavin
, historian, member
of the Equality Laboratory, an
association that works for professional equality between women and men.
Author of
The Cost of Virility
(Anne Carrière)
A QR of
Sarah Cozzolino
in Brazil
And at the end of the program, a report by
Charlie Dupiot
on women's football
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