Of recorded murder offences in 2019, 83 per cent of suspects were men. In crimes of sexual violence, 99.4 per cent of suspected offenders that year were also men, as were 79.8 per cent of suspected offenders of physical assaults. And 72.7 per cent of suspected offenders of dangerous driving leading to death were men, compared with 27.3 per cent for women. Soon all that will be left of us will be history, and the subtle reminder in that final word, Amen. Men, plural of man, from Old English mann, for “a featherless plantigrade biped mammal of the genus Homo”.

Source: The Irish Times June 11, 2021 23:26 UTC