[–] ViolentlyMasticates 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I have personal experience with this actually.
I was caught by police 'graffiti-ing' with chalk on a parliament building. The police just told me to move on and had the maintenance clean it off. My mate who did the same thing to the pavement in an industrial area? Hauled away on public destruction charges.
It's anecdotal, because they were different police officers, but it kind of highlights that there is a view that women are not really a threat to the police or the public, so cops let them off a little easier.
However, the laws where I am (Australia) are MUCH more egalitarian now, thanks to a proactive Mens Rights group and Feminist support of many of the measures. It's not perfect, but its better. They're actually doing a lot to tackle domestic violence against men and women now, rather than laughing it off.
[–] escapefromredditbay 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
for the answer to your question, remember that the FBI only classified male rape as a thing that existed, in the nineties.
[–] mr_skeltal 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Well obviously this is going to depend on where you live but the easy answer from me is no, with a caveat. If you look at the letter of the law, there's nothing in there in most countries that is stacked in favour of, or against, either gender. The way that the police and court systems interact with males vs females though might not always be the same. Speaking solely from anecdotal evidence, it seems to me that women get the benefit of the doubt more when it comes to discretionary decisions. At least where I'm from anyway.
[–] Blacque 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Within the criminal context, I can only think of the biases that surround rape. A trial on rape is usually a battle of the testimonies between the victim (usually the woman) and the defendant (the man). Simply put, its a he-said/she-said argument that often centers whether consent was given or not. However, due to rape shield laws, a defense attorney cannot submit into evidence the sexual history of the victim, such as if she "gets around" or whether she's had previous or frequent sexual relations with the defendant. To add further bias, a victim may hire a psychologist to provide testimony on Rape Trauma Syndrome. This testimony is usually a list of symptoms and behaviors that usually follow a rape and then it is up to the prosecution to make claims that the victim exhibits these symptoms. To the jury, this may seem as direct proof of a rape having taken place.
And as another user in this discussion has mentioned, male rape was not even considered a crime until very recently.