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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

    I don't think we can reasonably express a general fear of becoming a victim of violent crime along with acknowledgement that men are more likely to commit it as 'Women are afraid that men will kill them.'

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      2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19

        I don't want to live in a society where men think women feel that or women think they should feel that. It would embolden abusive & exploitative criminals, make kind men treat women with kid gloves rather than as equals & undermine women's confidence to engage with the world.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19

        Can we not work on the assumption that people generally don't want to kill each other, that violent criminals exist & present a threat to society generally tho often differently by gender and do not represent any demographic because generally people don't want to kill each other?

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      4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19

        I think we usually do work on that assumption because this is the general experience of people who live in the world.

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      2. Ketland‏ @jeffreyketland Jan 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Men are far more likely to commit homicide, ratio over 10:1 (UK 2015 convictions: 208 M; 16 F). M are more likely victims of homicide, ratio about 2:1 (UK 2015 victims: 331 M, 186 F). Most F victims of homicide are DV, though women commit c. 25-30% of DV homicides.

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

        That's what I said - acknowledge that most violent crime is committed by men.

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      4. Ketland‏ @jeffreyketland Jan 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Yes. I just wanted to add some stats here.

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      2. Chris Baker‏ @Zacnaloen Jan 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Specifically because most men have the exact same fear

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      3. Charles R. Mousseau  🇫🇷‏ @AlphaLackey Jan 19
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        .. and they're 4x more justified in having it, if crime rates are any indication. Yet if I had $1 for every time I've heard someone insist women face a greater degree of threat of random violent crime, I'd have many dollars.

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      1. Regina 🎃‏ @ReginaD83 Jan 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        People should read 'The Gift of Fear'. It's about listening to your intuition so you know when you should be afraid, which is very rarely, and the rest of the time you can live a fear-free life.

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      1. Jay & Violent Mob, Insert Tribal Identity Here‏ @JAndViolentMob Jan 20
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        I guess statistically, if "women are afraid that men will kill them" was reasonable, it would be just as reasonable to say "men are afraid that men will kill them" but we don't say that on social networking as such. Makes you wonder what's going on behind the woman's statement.

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