Statistics...what are the deeper issues?

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by Underdog

You're looking at the numbers backwards... What difference does it make if 45 are men and 5 are women if all 50 are poor?

If I'm mugging you in the park, it's not because of my gender or race - it's because I don't have any money...

(is that so difficult to understand?)

so your explanation for why there is such a disparity between men and women is to wave your hand and say, "it does not matter?" There is something very hard to understand there.