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The cultural reason was what I was thinking too.
At first, physical capability popped into my mind as well, however can a woman not steal a loaf of bread? Or grab a knife and stab someone, or grab a gun and pull the trigger?
Economically able to could also lead into the gender imbalance in executive positions.
However I would like to hear the person I replied to's reasoning instead of us guessing or putting answers in their mouth so to speak, as 'more capable of doing so' doesn't really lend much to the conversation.
Women can and women do. Last year a women few miles away decided she had enough of her husband abusing her and decided to stab him in the driveway. Not only did the husband manage to pull out the knife but stab the wife to death. I've seen neighbor's CCTV footage. Luckily/unluckily however you see it she did enough damage that he died before paramedics arrived, but he did so much damage from the same knife, that she died before him. Per cops, Wife did leave a journal entry with intention to murder the guy and expected to be going to jail for murder. But ended up dying before that.
There is clearly difference of strength for any kind of physical contact weapons. Guns for sure are equalizers in that regards.
Yes of course, but the crime was still committed and she had full capability of committing the crime regardless of how it ended up for her. The question wasn't "why are males more successful at committing a crime", although this is where my mind went as well.
Probably would have lived if he didn't pull the knife out