No! For men, rape is NOT the default.

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45. there is the generalization

I guess an easy example is my own work commute. I go home from work, like tonight, by bicycle. Tonight I went home, a whole six blocks, mostly uphill, by bicycle at 1:40 a.m. It probably would not be considered safe for a woman to do the same thing, even in the farily small city where I live - population 35,000.

On another note, at my niece's wedding, my brother and his family were walking the six blocks to his hotel in downtown Minneapolis at 1 a.m. I insisted on going with them, for their protection, not that I provide much of that, but I am six feet tall. His family is himself, his 50 year old wife, 19 year old daughter and 17 year old son. Wife and daughter were, of course, gussied up and wearing heels. My nephew can probably kick my a$$, but he looks kinda small. I just felt like 3 guys and two girls was a safer group than just the four of them, even though that meant I was walking back to my hotel room alone.

Still, my own fear sorta seemed greater than theirs. They did not ask for the protection that I freely offered. I was more worried about them than they were about themselves.