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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It makes me wonder if the explanation is the same as the one suggested for the phenomenon known as helicopter parenting which has risen up at the same time. Because big risks like sudden death from many diseases & war have been largely absent from western experience for decades..
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...we have turned our attention to much less likely risks and protections from them. So kids are not allowed to walk to the park & play on their own coz the possibility exists that they could encounter a paedophile or other danger or just fall off a swing.
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I thought this when looking at the song in which the woman listed all the things she couldn't do because she was a woman. Included opening the door in pyjamas. The chances of the person on the other side being a home-invading rapist is statistically very low indeed but possible
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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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Do you mean an odd focus on the worst that could happen, like worrying? I do a lot of those things automatically and wonder why. Basic safety, I guess. I don’t actively worry, but yes, worrying about safety drives my habits. Then again, doesn’t everyone lock the doors at night?
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It's a hypothesis to explain why we are being so much more protective of kids now than 20 years ago due to the psychological problems this is argued to cause when kids aren't allowed unsupervised play and risk-taking and independent decision-making. A decrease in resilience.
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