I didn’t mean for this post to cause a bunch of arguing in the comments =(

I thought this was just some gallows humor (e.g. “Everything’s lovely except that I have to fear for my safety all the time”) type of shitpost that sounded similar to comments I’ve heard from women irl a lot.

  • @[email protected]
    1•6 hours ago

    I’m also not even very likely to be the target of an attack unlike a woman and I feel this way

    You are technically 3 times more likely to be murdered as a male than as a female though (this number varies by source to be fair, but males are always higher). Now if you remove partner violence (since the post is about random men), that number is even more disproportionate.

    The parent point remains though, you’re ascribing an ill on a huge group (half of the entire population!). At best, it’s lazy, low resolution thinking. At worst it’s the source of prejudice, and ill will.

    Again, I don’t care. It’s a silly joke, but I’m not going to sit here and pretend to not get why others might be offended by it.

    • @Zannsolo
      1•4 hours ago

      Not in a random attack while I’m walking. If I were a woman I’d def pick a bear over you in the woods.

      • @[email protected]
        1•47 minutes ago

        Overwhelmingly, research has found interesting gender differences among the general public as well as among college students: men are more likely to be victimized by crime than are women, whereas women are more fearful of crime than men

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