“We tell women what not to do to avoid being attacked instead of telling men not to attack women.” -the NYT Also, we tell children how to avoid being abducted, instead of telling strangers not to abduct children, right? Because society embraces both rapists and child abductors.
If I were to talk back to my younger self, I would say, "Please do what you do, but don't be such a f*cking idiot and PLEASE try not to get yourself killed." I've gotten into so many dangerous situations out of naivete that it's not even funny. So I was nodding to the article!