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Originally Posted by knox
Are you SCARED when you find yourself in an elevator with a strange woman?
Are you scared to walk alone to your car, not for your wallet or your phone, but for something much greater?
How many times a week, on average, do you hear somebody shouting something demeaning at you as you're going to work about your body then told to "take it as a compliment"? How often is your size, hair or make-up discussed in the work environment?
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Knoxy my dear, we've had this chat before. I am the first to call out the objectification of women by men, but lets not over sell it here. I've explained to you years ago now that while it is a pathetically sad reality that 1 in 4 women will be molested, raped, or sexually assaulted in her lifetime, however, you need to remember that its not exactly like men walk around unafraid of each other. Men are JUST AS AFRAID OF ALTERCATIONS WITH OTHER MEN as women are afraid of altercations with men. The sexual part makes it more tragic, but the threat of intimidation and/or violence remains the same.
Men play a Darwinian dance of sizing up all other potential males at every instance and encounter, and sometimes it can like in the animal kingdom result in a straight life or death struggle. Have I ever been honestly worried about being raped in an elevator or ally way? No. Have I spontaneously and unexpectedly ended up in quite literally LIFE AND DEATH struggles with random men? Yes, on several occasions. In fact, several folks I've known are now deceased from such violence, many more have been straight shot and thank the good Lord survived, some still have the bullets in their bodies as a reminder. Aggression is what it is, but there are aggressive asshole men out there, just don't think that it only applies to women. Men have to watch their backs too yo.