And it may be true that men do it more than women, but that’s not really relevant.
It’s not that it “may be” true—it is true. I think it’s totally relevant: if some class of people are consistently the perpetuators of harm against another group, then surely we should be trying to figure out why that it is the case so we can stop it? Not providing that information seems like it could seriously impede our efforts to understand and address the problem (in this case, sexism & patriarchy).
I’m also confused by your analogy to race—I think you’re implying that it would be discriminatory to mention race if talking about other bad things being done, but I also feel like this is relevant. In this case I think it’s a bit different, however, as there’s other confounders present (e.g. black people are much more highly incarcerated, earn less on average, generally much less privileged) which all might increase rates of doing said bad thing. So in this case, it’s not a result of their race, but rather a result of the unequal socioeconomic conditions faced when someone is a certain race.
It’s not that it “may be” true—it is true. I think it’s totally relevant: if some class of people are consistently the perpetuators of harm against another group, then surely we should be trying to figure out why that it is the case so we can stop it? Not providing that information seems like it could seriously impede our efforts to understand and address the problem (in this case, sexism & patriarchy).
I’m also confused by your analogy to race—I think you’re implying that it would be discriminatory to mention race if talking about other bad things being done, but I also feel like this is relevant. In this case I think it’s a bit different, however, as there’s other confounders present (e.g. black people are much more highly incarcerated, earn less on average, generally much less privileged) which all might increase rates of doing said bad thing. So in this case, it’s not a result of their race, but rather a result of the unequal socioeconomic conditions faced when someone is a certain race.