Ever heard of Aileen Wuornos? Major serial killer case.
Aileen and Elizabeth are outliers. It makes sense to be surprised by it.
If there's a woman and a man and someone asks you to guess the criminal, which one are you going to choose? Flipping a coin would not be a wise strategy.
"Playing the odds" is often code for justifying sexism, racism, etc. And it helps entrench it.
"Black people are often criminals and white people are not. It isn't racism. It is just playing the odds."
I find that statement pretty sickening. We have a system that often sets up certain classes of people for failure and makes it hard for them to avoid being charged, then use their inevitable failure as further justification for heaping on more mistreatment.
Aileen and Elizabeth are outliers. It makes sense to be surprised by it.
If there's a woman and a man and someone asks you to guess the criminal, which one are you going to choose? Flipping a coin would not be a wise strategy.