Comment on The one drawback to walking at night

• Curiousfur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Unless you’re indigenous, then there’s a risk…

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The 184 murdered Canadian women of 2024 might disagree with you. Especially Indigenous women, 24% of the total. Of course some were murdered by their husbands/partners, probably not our walking, but the majority were killed by strangers or mere acquaintances.

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  • RandAlThor@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This comment isn’t about violence against women comment. This is about safety of walking at night in cities. So just because I say it’s much safer to walk at night in Canada DOES NOT MEAN I AM DENYING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DOESN’T EXIST. Sheesh the logic of some.

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• BetaBlake@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  In all of Canada? Every city? All of Toronto and Vancouver? Wow I’m impressed that rape, murder and assault never happen there.

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  • RandAlThor@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Compared to the US, yes it is much much safer here. I would be scared to walk late night downtown ANYWHERE in US cities. Here, that’s never been a problem.

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    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m going out on a limb and saying you’re not a woman. There’s no place on earth I could say I’d never feel unsafe walking alone at night. Although I’m less nervous in my own neighborhood in Los Angeles, just because it’s familiar.

      I did delve into your history to check before I spoke. I now know a lot more about Myanmar, (which was fascinating and took me so far back into your posts as to get creepy, my apologies ) and the NFL, and btw you’re doing great at adding content to Lemmy, but the only posts about women’s issues were the Toronto Tempo and one about abortion pill access that’s consistent with your sound views on the present shithole US administration, and you didn’t add any personal comments to.

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      • RandAlThor@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That’s kinda creepy. I don’t have to go out on a limb to say you’ve never been to Canada while I’ve been to the biggest cities in the US. I live in Toronto. While I am a man I know a lot of women in my life who walk at night DOWNTOWN. And nobody would tell them they are insane to do that. It’s not an issue here. It behooves me that you all assume the world is like the US. It isn’t. Yes there are bad places to not walk at night - certain ghettos for instance, or a certain small city in the prairies with a reputation. The large ones - Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal in most parts are safe for both genders. Come and visit us sometime. Summer is better.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Are you 12 fucking years old?

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• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Cops even give you starlight tours. So safe.

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• nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nah you’re just sheltered.

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  • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Are you saying living in a safe country is bad? o.0

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    • nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No I’m saying people get murdered in Canada, your experience isn’t everyones.

      I haven’t been murdered in the U.S., that doesn’t mean people don’t get murdered.

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