Women Bashing Vulnerable in the Name of Feminism

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[–]chrysthefeminist 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I actually found her pov rather refreshing. It is sobering that some women would find it "offensive" and actually feel strongly enough about it to write a post condemning it. I've read a lot of second wave literature about male violence against women, so I'm not exactly ignorant of the subject and I do take precautions. I think the depressing thing about how women's vulnerability is usually discussed here is that it is described in extensive detail and the conclusion is basically that we can do NOTHING about it. So it really just engenders female helplessness.

[–]MenAreFragileBabies 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree. Obviously we all need to be aware of the threat men present in our lives, and we have to be more careful than men do. But I am still going to work late and walk to my car by myself at night. I am not going to judge anyone who doesn't want to take that kind of risk. Maybe they are paranoid, maybe not, each person has to make their own decision as to what is an acceptable level of risk for them. I am privileged with health and relatively safe surroundings, not everyone has those advantages. But that doesn't mean my perspective that some degree of risk is acceptable doesn't matter either.