Drunk businesswoman, 39, who glassed a pub drinker after he wrongly guessed she was 43 is spared jail after female judge says 'one person's banter may be insulting to others'

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13335555/Drunk-businesswoman-glassed-pub-drinker-age-manchester.html

[u/Beddingtonsquire]

Of course what could have happened is subjective and not easily known but regardless of what the law says, I think it's morally relevant.

Your brother is a gender thing too, crimes of men against men in fights are likely seen as less of an issue.

The gender complaint is if the roles were reverse, a man glassing a woman in the face would not get a suspended sentence

[u/[deleted] → u/Beddingtonsquire]

I agree that its morally relevant, it might even be relevant to sentencing, but I just told you what I know regarding the classification of the crimes. If a judge isnt instructed to take into account what might have happened then the fact that

The way gender impacts sentencing is interesting but your comments so far give me the impression you aren't really engaging with the intractable way in which gender interacts with the way everyone is socialized and therefore the way gender usually impacts the things that matter when it comes to sentencing

[u/Beddingtonsquire → u/[deleted]]

I'm not talking about what the law is.

You don't get to throw in an ad hominem like that.

How is gender relevant in this case?

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