I never said that no man ever is affected by violence but when nine out of ten women got sexually assaulted or harassed and that startimg from a young age, all the while the majority of men don’t seem to have problems being friends with these abusers it should be no surprise that many women will try to stay safe.
Of couse women should try to stay safe. Just like men. But there are differences.
If you apply the same broad definition of violence to both men and women, then men are much more likely to get attacked and they’re much more likely to not survive the attack. This different experience leads to a different mindset, with the majority of women being unarmed (because they feel safe) and the majority of men being armed (because they don’t feel safe). Men have a problem with understanding the female experience (Sexual harassment, rape) and women have a problem with understanding the male experience (Getting beaten to death or stabbed or shot because you did nothing more than looking at a guy or just for fun). Part of the different experience is help. Women may receive help which causes them to continue asking for help in future situations; men don’t receive help which causes them to shut down and stop asking (Asking for help has pretty much the opposite effect for men, it makes things even worse). A very different experience which leads to a different mindset. Which makes it so hard for women and men to understand each other. Activism and media helped to shine a light on the female experience. Which is a good thing. But it gets ridiculous really fast when women say things like “Oh yeah, men just go relaxed and safe at night or to the grocery store or alone to a festival”. Women have no idea. If they had, they wouldn’t wonder why we men need to be armed at all times, even if we just go to the grocery store to get some milk. And they wouldn’t wonder why we men don’t ask for help in so many situations.
And no. The majority of men (which I’m part of) is not friends with predators. We are forced to tolerate them. Because they’re our coworkers, our bosses, or the partners of our sisters or daughters, or part of the political party which we consider to be the lesser evil - they’re everywhere. We have to live with them.
So what you’re saying here is that men are so dangerous and violent as a whole, that men need to protect themselves from the dangers of other men…
But women should stop taking precautions around men and stop constantly complaining about not wanting to get raped and murdered by men, because not all men are violent rapists and it hurts mens feelings?
Why do you feel the need to throw bogus arguments at me which aren’t related to what I wrote? Just to “win” an argument that is only in your head? Because I have no clue what you’re talking about.
I never said that no man ever is affected by violence but when nine out of ten women got sexually assaulted or harassed and that startimg from a young age, all the while the majority of men don’t seem to have problems being friends with these abusers it should be no surprise that many women will try to stay safe.
Of couse women should try to stay safe. Just like men. But there are differences.
If you apply the same broad definition of violence to both men and women, then men are much more likely to get attacked and they’re much more likely to not survive the attack. This different experience leads to a different mindset, with the majority of women being unarmed (because they feel safe) and the majority of men being armed (because they don’t feel safe). Men have a problem with understanding the female experience (Sexual harassment, rape) and women have a problem with understanding the male experience (Getting beaten to death or stabbed or shot because you did nothing more than looking at a guy or just for fun). Part of the different experience is help. Women may receive help which causes them to continue asking for help in future situations; men don’t receive help which causes them to shut down and stop asking (Asking for help has pretty much the opposite effect for men, it makes things even worse). A very different experience which leads to a different mindset. Which makes it so hard for women and men to understand each other. Activism and media helped to shine a light on the female experience. Which is a good thing. But it gets ridiculous really fast when women say things like “Oh yeah, men just go relaxed and safe at night or to the grocery store or alone to a festival”. Women have no idea. If they had, they wouldn’t wonder why we men need to be armed at all times, even if we just go to the grocery store to get some milk. And they wouldn’t wonder why we men don’t ask for help in so many situations.
And no. The majority of men (which I’m part of) is not friends with predators. We are forced to tolerate them. Because they’re our coworkers, our bosses, or the partners of our sisters or daughters, or part of the political party which we consider to be the lesser evil - they’re everywhere. We have to live with them.
So what you’re saying here is that men are so dangerous and violent as a whole, that men need to protect themselves from the dangers of other men…
But women should stop taking precautions around men and stop constantly complaining about not wanting to get raped and murdered by men, because not all men are violent rapists and it hurts mens feelings?
Why do you feel the need to throw bogus arguments at me which aren’t related to what I wrote? Just to “win” an argument that is only in your head? Because I have no clue what you’re talking about.