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the daily life of most women is filled with navigating a hostile space that may break out into sexual violence at any time. having an obsessed troll on the int
by dreww 15y ago
the daily life of most women is filled with navigating a hostile space that may break out into sexual violence at any time.
having an obsessed troll on the internet following you around, or threatening you before you show up to a conference, goes way beyond what you're talking about here.
your whole point comes from a place of the privilege of relative security. imagine that is not the case.
- sp332 15y agothe daily life of most women is filled with navigating a hostile space that may break out into sexual violence at any time. Who are you talking about?
- dreww 15y agoask any woman how often she considers her personal safety navigating the world. consider how often you do it.
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- sp332 15y agoSeems they think about it somewhat less often than I do. But you said "hostile" which I think is not true, and you said "may break out into sexual violence at any time" which (putting aside the fact that anyone around us could rape us at any time) seems pretty unlikely both to me and to the women I asked. Are you talking about women in a particular place or subculture? You do know that men are more often victims of violence than women in the US, right?
- davidhansen 15y agoI'm not defending the mentality, just describing its origination. Please note my last few sentences.
- roel_v 15y ago"the daily life of most women is filled with navigating a hostile space that may break out into sexual violence at any time." If you live in a warzone in Africa, maybe. Otherwise, I'm not sure what you're talking about. I'd ask the women around me if they feel that way but I'm afraid they'll think I'm nuts if I were to ask them such clearly outrageous things.