I believe that this sentiment is fueled by social media and people seeing crazy events from all around the world. I think we could compare this to stats from 50 years ago to see if there was a major difference.
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Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 week agoI just want to know how these figures would change in case women were to change their behavior and start going out for late night walks.
I think part of the reason we see these numbers instead is due to women’s apprehensivess in the first place, but I could be wrong.
IndieGoblin@lemmy.4d2.org 1 week ago
Donkter@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I mean the honest reaction is if someone wants to stay home to not get murdered. Fine, I couldn’t care less and it’s stupid for me to have an opinion on that, you live your life.
But it’s a sort of catch 22 that you’ll only go outside if you can be sure the figures won’t change significantly and the only way to see if the figures change is to try going outside.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Isn’t that kind of… the point? That it’s an inherently broken situation?
Donkter@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, but what’s the point? Technically you can avoid all murder if you stay at home in your bathtub all day and never leave the house.
SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 week ago
Hard to say. I see women out walking alone at night all the time in my city, at least a handful just past my house every evening. (It’s a university town.) I passed one woman happily chatting on her phone, and oblivious to the world, while riding home tonight after dark. The last time anyone was attacked by a stranger was, I dunno? It definitely happens, but it’s years between instances. They’d probably be safer in the late night hours, with hardly any car traffic. A lot more people get killed by cars.