"In any interaction I am aware of the constant potential for violence"
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only in interactions with men who are exhibiting non-submissive body language | f
I think for me it's more about familiarity with the man in question. Men I know reasonably well I don't have this with, total strangers I'm going to be hyperaware of it with.
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I think I have a on-off switch according to body language, and then an amplitude switch according to familiarity. So with a familiar, dominant man, the felt risk becomes minuscule, but is still there.
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I wonder how much of this is confidence in response. I'm not exactly a particularly competent fighter, but there's a certain baseline assumption that if the situation were to escalate in that direction with most men I could at least handle the situation non-disastrously.
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You need better friends
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Because I... don't fear violence from my friends? What?
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