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I personally don't 'get' what women mean when they talk about experiencing sexism and harassment and lack of safety - I don't relate to it or experience it very much, and I know some other women who agree. It's weird the disparity here, that some women report so much trouble...

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Aug 4, 2019

This doesn't feel like a fair analogy to me

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Inquisitive Bird

@Scientific_Bird

Aug 4, 2019

It may not fit with her narrative, but your explanation doesn't fit with the evidence. The idea that it's purely luck is clearly wrong. For that to be true, those who engage in violent criminality wouldn't be at increased risk of being a victim of violence. Absurd, of course.

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There is a large body of evidence that shows that victimization is–to some extent–predictable. The curious person might go to Google Scholar and search "predictors of victimization" or similar keywords and look through the literature.

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Inquisitive Bird

@Scientific_Bird

Aug 4, 2019

I don't need to google it, because I already know of it. And only an unreasonable person would turn to that accusation here.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

I'm not really interested in blame, but I am interested in cause and effect. It seems true that some women get catcalled more than others (e.g., it rarely happens to me but a lot to some friends) even compared across the same cities or habits. Why do you think that is?

3:09 PM · Aug 4, 2019

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Describing a predictor — or even just a correlate — of a behavior is equivalent in many people’s minds to justifying that behavior. This is a variant of the naturalistic fallacy.