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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 Jan 19

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      I find it's usually men who say this tho in a kindly attempt to empathise with how it might feel to be a woman. It's how they would feel if they were suddenly so much weaker than so many people. It's how they do feel if surrounded by men much bigger than them. Women? Not so much. https://twitter.com/OlGingerBastard/status/954317245370519553 …

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19

      In certain situations & environments? Yes. If you've been a victim of violence before? Very likely. Generally, tho, in my experience, women do not go around routinely assessing their probability of winning a fight with the people they encounter. This is a male thing.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19

      This is my impression in discussions with men, anyway. Men much more aware of the potential for violence between men & much more likely to assess who could take who in any interaction even if this is done on a subconscious level. This is useful & probably reduces violence overall

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19

          Women don't tend to do this because we're nearly always going to lose in any fight any against man & fights between women tend to be verbal. Our risk assessments are different. They involve avoiding dangerous situations, getting back-up or planning escape routes.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19

          Most of the time, we simply go about our lives taking reasonable precautions and assuming that men are not going to harm us & that if one tries to, that other men will intervene. This is nearly always a fair assumption.

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        2. Cab Davidson‏ @gnomeicide Jan 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          It's more about being aware of the kind of social situation in which violence can be a thing. And here all manner of things like social class come in to play...

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        3. Cab Davidson‏ @gnomeicide Jan 19
          Replying to @gnomeicide @HPluckrose

          ...a lot of posh chaps don't get it. I think this is at the core of why working class men are often feared - posh men don't understand the social rules that prevent (or rarely allow) violence among men.

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        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19
          Replying to @gnomeicide

          I think there is an element of truth to this.

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        5. Cab Davidson‏ @gnomeicide Jan 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Regional accents don't help either. Very often being a Geordie is almost enough on its own to scare the crap out of some people.

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        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jan 19
          Replying to @gnomeicide

          I thought a bus driver was furious with me last time I was in Glasgow. Turned out, he was only asking to see my ticket.

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        1. Joseph Sexton‏Verified account @josephsbcn Jan 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I'm very lucky. I'm extremely tall and imposing, yet I doubt I could fight my way out of a wet paper bag - but fortunately, nobody ever tries to pick a fight with me.

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        2. [Ravi] {{{Oli}}}‏ @SatyreContraire Jan 19
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          This probably falls under the umbrella of toxic masculinity. It's probably less common with weaker men or higher class people who are less at risk. But if you have ever been in a physical confrontation, you know how quickly things can go bad.

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        3. [Ravi] {{{Oli}}}‏ @SatyreContraire Jan 19
          Replying to @SatyreContraire @HPluckrose

          Men's bathroom etiquette is a quite good example of how men avoid physical conflict. There is a reason the line for women's bathroom is longer than men's. Men don't socialize in there.

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