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by robotresearcher 1498 days ago
> Your claim appears to be that one prisoner having a penis and the other having a vagina is a strong predictor of an increased odds of sexual assault.

> My point is that that claim requires some level of supporting evidence.

The DOJ says 99% of rape and sexual assaults are by males, and that 91% of victims of rape & sexual assault are female and 9% male [1].

This is generic data, not trans specific or prison specific. But in the absence of specific data, it seems pretty relevant.

[1] U.S. Dept. of Justice, Violence Against Women Report, 2002. via https://stoprape.humboldt.edu/statistics