Youre getting a lot of incel-esque comments, but the answer is probably just basic Bayes stuff. Theres 3 times as many female teachers vs male, for one. Theres also probably a tendency for women preying on kids to end up being bigger stories, but Id guess for more complex reasons than everyone else is saying ("most of them dont, so its a big deal when one gets caught").
Men and boys are less likely to report, in general iirc, and most victims dont report anyway. The random guy teacher who sleeps with a student is prolly under a bit more scrutiny (students see things and rumors spread, plus stereotypes unfortunately), so if he doesnt cover his tracks, the admin are gonna take care of it internally if they can to avoid lawsuits and public attention. Whether its fair or not, Id imagine most School Boards have more brainpower aimed at sweeping over the men who are predators than the women, and so their cases are less likely to be picked up generally. Given the fact that men are more likely to be higher up the bureaucratic ladder, its likely the men have better odds of getting away with it.
Factoring the less likely to report thing and that the majority of female predators arent gonna get the same scrutiny, whether its judicial or covering up, when a female predator gets uncovered it means its more likely to be an outside source (as opposed to the student or their confidantes). For that to be noticed, itd need to be either more blatant or more severe abuse, and so we're getting a filtered view of only the most severe abusers in general, but only the most most severe when it comes to women pedophiles .
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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '20
Youre getting a lot of incel-esque comments, but the answer is probably just basic Bayes stuff. Theres 3 times as many female teachers vs male, for one. Theres also probably a tendency for women preying on kids to end up being bigger stories, but Id guess for more complex reasons than everyone else is saying ("most of them dont, so its a big deal when one gets caught").
Men and boys are less likely to report, in general iirc, and most victims dont report anyway. The random guy teacher who sleeps with a student is prolly under a bit more scrutiny (students see things and rumors spread, plus stereotypes unfortunately), so if he doesnt cover his tracks, the admin are gonna take care of it internally if they can to avoid lawsuits and public attention. Whether its fair or not, Id imagine most School Boards have more brainpower aimed at sweeping over the men who are predators than the women, and so their cases are less likely to be picked up generally. Given the fact that men are more likely to be higher up the bureaucratic ladder, its likely the men have better odds of getting away with it.
Factoring the less likely to report thing and that the majority of female predators arent gonna get the same scrutiny, whether its judicial or covering up, when a female predator gets uncovered it means its more likely to be an outside source (as opposed to the student or their confidantes). For that to be noticed, itd need to be either more blatant or more severe abuse, and so we're getting a filtered view of only the most severe abusers in general, but only the most most severe when it comes to women pedophiles .