Male Jurors more likely to find heavier women Guilty

[Street Knowledge]

A Yale University study determined that male jurors are more likely to find an suspect guilty when that suspect is a heavier woman, with thin male jurors the exhibiting the most pronounced bias:

The researchers corralled a group of 471 pretend peers of varying body sizes and described to them a case of check fraud. They also presented them with one of four images—either a large guy, a lean guy, a large woman, or a lean woman—and identified the person in the photograph as the defendant. Participants rated the pretend-defendant’s guilt on a five-point scale. No fat bias emerged when the female pretend peers evaluated the female pretend defendants or when either men or women assessed the guilt of the men. But when the male pretend peers pronounced judgment on the female pretend defendants, BMI prejudice reared up. Jesus wept. The justice system and our basic faith in male decency took another hit.

The study offers further depressing insights. Not only did the male pretend jurors prove “significantly more likely” to find the obese female defendants—rather than the slim ones—guilty, but the trim male participants were worst of all, frequently labeling the fat women “repeat offenders” with “awareness” of their crimes.

Study: Male Jurors More Likely To Find Heavier Women Guilty | ThinkProgress

Brehs what y'all think

 

[Mowgli]

Maybe heavier women committ alot of crimes.

 

[Bud Bundy]

A Yale University study determined that male jurors are more likely to find an suspect guilty when that suspect is a heavier woman, with thin male jurors the exhibiting the most pronounced bias:

The researchers corralled a group of 471 pretend peers of varying body sizes and described to them a case of check fraud. They also presented them with one of four images—either a large guy, a lean guy, a large woman, or a lean woman—and identified the person in the photograph as the defendant. Participants rated the pretend-defendant’s guilt on a five-point scale. No fat bias emerged when the female pretend peers evaluated the female pretend defendants or when either men or women assessed the guilt of the men. But when the male pretend peers pronounced judgment on the female pretend defendants, BMI prejudice reared up. Jesus wept. The justice system and our basic faith in male decency took another hit.

The study offers further depressing insights. Not only did the male pretend jurors prove “significantly more likely” to find the obese female defendants—rather than the slim ones—guilty, but the trim male participants were worst of all, frequently labeling the fat women “repeat offenders” with “awareness” of their crimes.

Study: Male Jurors More Likely To Find Heavier Women Guilty | ThinkProgress

Brehs what y'all think

What was the race of these big women?

either way americans don't like fat chicks but we got alot of them so

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Reminds me of the time Debra LaFave got out of a jail sentence because she was "too pretty" to go to jail.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

if she aint 280, she aint a lady

 

[Ricky Church]

because she fat they supposed to feel sorry for her?

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

pretty people go to jail less

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

This article is bullshyt. I'm sure the same biases could be produced if they compared the conviction rate of fat ugly dudes vs skinny handsome dudes by thin female jurors. Everyone knows that in this society pretty and slim people are put on a pedestal. Why the fukk do you think people care so much about "celebrities?" This supposed " research article" is nothing more than an attempt by some androgonist scientist to paint men in a bad light, thereby furthering the overall "war on men" that we are seeing everyday in the media, both video and print.


Its disgusting really....

 

[The Real]

This article is bullshyt. I'm sure the same biases could be produced if they compared the conviction rate of fat ugly dudes vs skinny handsome dudes by thin female jurors. Everyone knows that in this society pretty and slim people are put on a pedestal. Why the fukk do you think people care so much about "celebrities?" This supposed " research article" is nothing more than an attempt by some androgonist scientist to paint men in a bad light, thereby furthering the overall "war on men" that we are seeing everyday in the media, both video and print.

The article actually specifically states that no weight bias was found when women judged men: "No fat bias emerged when the female pretend peers evaluated the female pretend defendants or when either men or women assessed the guilt of the men."

While your hypothesis may be true, it would be foolish to simply assume that it is when this study suggests otherwise. You would need some actual evidence to make your argument convincing.