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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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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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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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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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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All that’s true, but occasionally it does dawn on you that most men COULD inflict serious harm on you as a woman if they chose to. Thank jeebus 99% of them are decent human beings and wouldn’t entertain the thought for a second.
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