> “Danger,” she said. “Clearly my body was telling me, ‘You are unsafe.’” I believe she genuinely felt the way she describes, but I don't think she felt it bec

> “Danger,” she said. “Clearly my body was telling me, ‘You are unsafe.’” I believe she genuinely felt the way she describes, but I don't think she felt it because of her gender. I would take a guess that this kind of feeling isn't present for the vast majority of women -- indeed, there was no danger. I find it more likely that the feeling had something to do with the trauma associated with her father knocking out her mother's teeth with a hammer when she was a kid, as detailed in the last part of the article. An innocuous joke that triggered a disproportionate emotional response, seeded by past trauma. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma#Symptoms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma#Symptoms