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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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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19

    Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Shira Meir Drexler

    Yes, precisely. I have been afraid when walking alone at night to come across one man coz I cld encounter a violent criminal. I feel much safer when I can see more than one. Tells me the problem isn't men.https://twitter.com/The_CogPsy_Lab/status/954306128950841344 …

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    Shira Meir Drexler @The_CogPsy_Lab
    Replying to @HPluckrose
    Exactly. That's the difference between fear (adaptive, specific, e.g. to the strange man or scary dog when you're alone) and anxiety (maladaptive, generalized e.g. to all men or dogs).
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      2. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia Jan 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I, on the other hand, often feel more scared when I encounter a group of guys. Although it depends on the group and how they seem to be interacting with each other.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19
        Replying to @IonaItalia

        I was not talking about a group tho. I was talking about when I have been walking alone and one man is behind me, I feel scared but if I am on a street which contains more than one man (separately) it is much less likely he'll attack me if he does happen to be a violent criminal.

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      2. Hugin innocent until proven guilty.‏ @mawnx Jan 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Isnt that funny. for men we are more or less relaxed around a single man in a dark alley but or anticipation grows when there is more than one. An inverse reaction?

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19
        Replying to @mawnx

        You probably mean in a group though? My fear might not decrease if I came across a group of men. I'd be afraid of being mugged. But if a man is behind me on a dark street & I am afraid & then I see another man ahead of me, I feel safer.

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      4. Hugin innocent until proven guilty.‏ @mawnx Jan 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        observed this lots walking home late at night from town to uni. walk behind a woman & she gets jumpy, what to do? talking seems to make them worse. change direction? live in the same area used to cross the road & or overtake. being feared for something you have no choice about

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      5. Regina 🎃‏ @ReginaD83 Jan 19
        Replying to @mawnx @HPluckrose

        Leave plenty of space between you and her. Seems obvious but some people have no sense of personal space.

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      6. Hugin innocent until proven guilty.‏ @mawnx Jan 19
        Replying to @ReginaD83 @HPluckrose

        Thanks for the unsolicited advice I'll treasure it always. When this was an issue 20 years ago I'd have been 10-20 metres behind

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      7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19
        Replying to @mawnx @ReginaD83

        Oh, go away with your endless passive aggressive snark and biased victimhood complex. We get enough of this from feminists.

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      8. Hugin innocent until proven guilty.‏ @mawnx Jan 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose @ReginaD83

        What?

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      2. Save the Whaleforest‏ @ApathTea Jan 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I think we'd have to study to what extent men enable/ignore/encourage the bad behaviour of their friends. Judging from the experiences of female friends this doesn't seem uncommon.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19
        Replying to @ApathTea

        But what do we regard as bad behaviour? I've never found men to overlook other men being abusive or violent to women.

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      1. Gita.J‏ @gita_ Jan 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Understandable as a reactive response. But I remember my heightened sense of suspicion during the #yesallwomen zeitgeist. I had to logic my way out of that paranoid, unhealthy state of mind.

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