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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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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...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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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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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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