We hear many stories about discrimination against women. Certainly, and the justice system seems determined to make up for everything else put together. It's not racial bias. Nineteen men are put into prison for every one woman. That may not seem out of line until you know that only seven men are arrested on felony charges for every one woman.
Women are twice as likely as men to be released on their own recognizance.
Perhaps most interestingly, men who are convicted of killing their wives are sentenced to an average of 17.5 years in prison, while women convicted of killing their husbands are sentenced to an average of 6 years. Certainly many men across America were upset when Ms. Bobbitt received a very light touch during her trial. Many men felt that a man convicted of a similar crime would certainly serve hard time. Perhaps the Bobbitt scenario is a bad example, given the reported instances of violence, but the principle has been shown to be true in government report after government report. Although I can't find any logical reasoning to support the first idea, certainly there are facts that would support either of the latter two ideas.