I imagine there might be two kinds of women who were never harassed by males in anyway.

[raccoon]

I imagine there might be two kinds of women who were never harassed by any male in any way.

1. A woman who was raised in a convent and never went out of it.

2. A woman who grew up and lived her entire life in a society where women and men are strictly segregated and women’s movement is very circumscribed, such as they can’t go out without a male escort of their own family. But even in this case the woman could be abused by a Male family member.

This sort of thing is, and I guess always was, so endemic that it’s hard to imagine anyone ever not being harassed in anyway her entire life.

Of course, many men don’t harass women sexually or in other ways. But because some do, women have to be always vigilant.

[2naSalit]

1. I disagree that

females in those situations aren't as likely to experience harassment. The females in those settings are often abused worse due to the isolation enforced at the behest of the males.

Males are taught to dominate females by force and coercion and they will continue to do so until they are forced to stop.

[Runningdawg]

2. Societies where women are segregated and every action watched

such as in a religious cult? This describes my situation.
My abusers were the family dentist and the boy tapped at age 14 to be my husband. Other girls were abused by their brothers, fathers, pastors - a lot married very early (14-15) to escape being abused by multiple men in trade for only being abused by one.
What is REALLY sick is I knew several girls who were abused by a HS teacher and to this day - they are friends with him on FB. He's still "teaching".

[WhiteTara]

3. Stay tuned. My column is exploring rapists and

their motives.