This will be women who don't live each day with an awareness of our own physical vulnerability. I truly believe this is a thing being impressed on women now tho and those who say they do think like that (but don't live in something like a warzone) are completely honest about it.https://twitter.com/laurakenworthy/status/1050455072541429760 …
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Is it possible that this is a similar narrowing of attention to possible but unlikely dangers which are then built up to something some women live with as a constant fear and limit their lives in response to? It seems possible.
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If so, some kind of free range female adulting advocacy could be warranted in cases where women are limiting their lives in fear of a danger that is very unlikely. Obv not in cases where the fear of attack is realistic. And in either case, focus is still needed on reducing danger
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even if you did open the door to a home invader/rapist, I doubt their decision to attack you would hinge on whether you wore clothes you'd leave the house in or pajamas
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Exactly what I was thinking. Isn't that sentiment buying into the victim blaming idea that women who dress a certain way are inviting attention? Seems very anti-feminist to me.
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the idea that looking sexy at the door will somehow provoke the average Fedex or food delivery person to rape you is pretty messed up no matter which ideological lens you try on
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Interesting - I sometimes open the door in pyjamas. Ideally I'd rather put on a dressing gown, but this is nothing to do with anxiety about the man (usually) delivering parcel or whatever. It just seems more - decorous.
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Also who answers the door.
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does anyone answer the door in their pyjamas? That's a weirdly specific thing
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Only to the postman.
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And a home-invading rapist could also rape you if you're a man.
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Come to Belfast, Helen - you'll see plenty of women in pyjamas! :)https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/tesco-bans-shopping-in-pyjamas-28515180.html …
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...I do that and only worry the delivery man will think I am a slob. I am a very large woman (by both height and weight) though. A coach for women's (american) football once tried to recruit me. I've noticed we aren't supposed to discuss that aspect of this, however.
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