ThesFlishThngs
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While I do not believe that men, in general are 'scary and dangerous', when I am out and about alone, I make a point to have my wits about me, and be aware of who is in the vicinity. Head up, eyes ahead, a determined step, and all radars alert is how a woman has to be. I won't even bother to say 'these days', because I suspect it's always been so. There are people looking to prey on others, and in many cases it is man upon woman. Though I will never say a victim 'asked' for what happened to her, she does bear the responsibility of doing all she can to avert it.
My husband is another who makes a conscious effort to make women not feel threatened by him. Of course, he has also avoided driving my daughter's young friends home alone, insisting I or our daughter be in the car with them, because (sadly) you never know who will cry 'attack', and in such cases a person often has to prove himself innocent.
My husband is another who makes a conscious effort to make women not feel threatened by him. Of course, he has also avoided driving my daughter's young friends home alone, insisting I or our daughter be in the car with them, because (sadly) you never know who will cry 'attack', and in such cases a person often has to prove himself innocent.