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In reply to the discussion: Of bears and men: How big does a risk have to be before you "have to" walk around scared? [View all]wnylib
(22,345 posts)Not every experience of rape, mugging, theft, beatings, gets reported. Not every incident that is reported gets believed, which accounts for why they're not always reported. It is so commonplace that many women just "deal with it."
You know what women don't become statistics? Ones who experience valid feelings of fear in a threatening situation and are able to ward it off from escalating by paying attention to their prudent fears learned from experience. They get off an elevator or don't get on it when they mistrust a guy who's on it. They make a point of visibly pulling out their phone when being followed, or of rattling the keys in their hand. They walk into a public place when they encounter a stalker. They know better than to pay attention to gaslighters who try to convince them that they are overreacting.
So your claims about "statistical reality" are worthless. The statistics would be much higher if women did not listen to our experience of fear in threatening situations and act to avoid becoming a statistic.
Now, I've wasted enough of my time on responses to ridiculous attempts to convince women that we don't know how to recognize and avoid real danger.