Men feel challenged when a woman is in danger, so those types of stories interest women and they interest men on a level that the crimes against men tend to draw a different visceral reaction. Again, not saying it's right, but they tend to draw a different visceral reaction, which is that the man was out in the world doing men stuff and something happened to him.
Bill JamesProfessionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.
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