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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted

      I think a lot of it comes from men not saying they worry about getting attacked. It's not damaging to femininity for a woman to say she feels afraid when she encounters a strange man on a dark street but very damaging to masculinity for a man to say so. https://twitter.com/BasedTomas/status/1050465586092957696 …

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    2. Mom Folding Laundry‏ @JenandZen Oct 11
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      I’m opposed to notion that because women are scared, men should allowed to be scared, too. The truth is no one in america should be scared. This is a ridiculously safe country. Folks—men & women—need to toughen up & get some street smarts. It’s the safest place ever to exist.

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
      Replying to @JenandZen

      It's just an observation that when you're walking alone in the dark and someone is behind you, people's imaginations often do summon up worst case scenarios and this is not gender specific. Stranger attacks happen & minds leap to this, not statistical probabilities.

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    4. Mom Folding Laundry‏ @JenandZen Oct 11
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      I recognise this. But I also think its important to point out that people feel this way because of the evening news. Not due to all that much real danger. Statistics arent dramatic, I know. But our culture could use more bravery, and less paranoia.

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
      Replying to @JenandZen

      I think we feel that way because we are human! The significant thing is that its not only women who get the willies in the dark and this isn't an indication of a culture that oppresses women.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    6. Mom Folding Laundry‏ @JenandZen Oct 11
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Well, all people are scared of the dark. That’s quite natural. But we are expected to grow out of our fear as we get older and realize there’s nothing to be scared of.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
      Replying to @JenandZen

      I think you expect too much. Crime does happen. Its not crazy to be nervous when vulnerable. It just shouldn't be presented as a gendered living in fear coz male violence.

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        2. Mom Folding Laundry‏ @JenandZen Oct 11
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I’m not sure if its expecting too much to think people should stop feeling vulnerable in sitatuions where they are not actually vulnerable. Take a self-defense course. Get counseling. If I cower every time I get a text message, that’s *my* issue and paranoia. Not the world’s.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
          Replying to @JenandZen

          I'm not saying to make it the worlds problem. I'm saying to recognise that both sexes can fear becoming the victim of crime.

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        4. Mom Folding Laundry‏ @JenandZen Oct 11
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Both sexes can be scared of anything they want to be scared of. This is true.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
          Replying to @JenandZen

          OK, then. I'll give up here.

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        2. Richard McEvoy‏ @GodsBeagle Oct 12
          Replying to @HPluckrose @JenandZen

          As a Karate instructor, I eventually decided that teaching "self defence" was a bad idea. Why? Because if you have to physically engage with someone, or even avoid them, the chances are you have already lost. As one Kung Fu instructor put it,

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        3. Richard McEvoy‏ @GodsBeagle Oct 12
          Replying to @GodsBeagle @HPluckrose @JenandZen

          "The sparrow does not land where the tiger prowls."

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        4. Noone Special‏ @KantBreal Oct 12
          Replying to @GodsBeagle @HPluckrose @JenandZen

          Good Self Defense IS knowing where the tiger prowls, Avoiding their territory, Prepare for potential, & OODA if we paths cross.

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        5. Richard McEvoy‏ @GodsBeagle Oct 12
          Replying to @KantBreal @HPluckrose @JenandZen

          Yes. But the problem I have with self defence classes is that, with the best will in the world, you can't teach someone how to fight in 10 weeks. And most people are not interested in the three year minimum it would take to get even halfway competent. Moreover, that assumes

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        6. Richard McEvoy‏ @GodsBeagle Oct 12
          Replying to @GodsBeagle @KantBreal and

          fighting fair which by defn never happens outside a sports ring. Buying and training how to use a firearem is by far the better option if local laws permit. But really you never want to be there either. So other strategies and tactics such as

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        7. Richard McEvoy‏ @GodsBeagle Oct 12
          Replying to @GodsBeagle @KantBreal and

          Avoiding certain areas at certain times, learning to read people and situations, taking home protection measures, etc, all come into play in a sensible way i.e. if you have an unsafe occupation and live in unsafe territory that is one thing

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        8. Richard McEvoy‏ @GodsBeagle Oct 12
          Replying to @GodsBeagle @KantBreal and

          If you are in a safe occupation in the same district, that is something else. i.e pick a level of defcon and apply protective measures appropriately. As for the male-female thing, the hard part is ignoring the people who turn common sense precautions into "victim blaming".

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        9. Richard McEvoy‏ @GodsBeagle Oct 12
          Replying to @GodsBeagle @KantBreal and

          But I think the principle is that while #NotAllMen are shits, some are, so stay on the cautious side of not presenting motive, means or opportunity.

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        1. Gil Reich‏ @GilR Oct 11
          Replying to @HPluckrose @JenandZen

          There's a hard side that says don't encourage people to use their fears as a bludgeon or a badge of honor, and a soft side that says yeah, but still show some compassion & support to the fearful, especially when it is based in reality. They're both right.

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