Of bears and men: How big does a risk have to be before you "have to" walk around scared?

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288. "Men aren't that dangerous"??

What planet do you live on?

Which gender commits the overwhelming number of murders? Mass murders? Serial murders?

Which gender commits the overwhelming number of war crimes?

Which gender controls the levers of power in the overwhelming majority of nations, corporations, political movements, and which gender uses that power to suppress the autonomy of the gender they choose to oppress?

Which gender commits the majority of rapes, incest, and the overwhelming majority of incidents of sexual harassment?

Which gender is more often guilty of domestic violence?

For any woman or girl alone with a strange man in a situation where help isn't immediately available, the safest option is to be cautious. That caution is certainly justified.

And yes, it's not ALL men. But then again, all men have a role to play in this ongoing reality. They have, as a gender, the power to change this reality.

And the first step in making that change is to recognize this reality for what it is.