Equal Treatment Under the Law

Hate-mongers like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton often complain that there are more black and minority men in prison than white men because of racism.

I would like to complain that there are more men in prison than women. Statistics

Really, we have a very sexist law-enforcement environment. They only arrest men!

If we are going to complain about higher percentages of minorities being arrested (which they ought to be if they commit crimes, as anyone who commits a crime ought to be, according to the laws!), then we should also complain about the vastly higher percentage of men arrested.

After all, if we are going to be a completely fair and equal society, we ought to have equal percentages of men and women in prison.

So, I advocate we begin arresting more women. Putting lipstick on in the car while driving: arrest. Yelling at a child in public: arrest. Having silly hairdos: arrest. Wearing low cut clothing: arrest. Taking too long in the grocery line because chatting with another woman: arrest. And on and on and on.

And guess what, a new study shows an upswing in the arrests of women.

This is great news and excellent progress towards equal treatment under the law.