• yeah@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m look both ways before I cross the road and I’ve never been hit.

    I have been subject to male shittiness (catcallling, groping, abuse and physical abuse when rejecting advances) and I still go about in the world but I will mitigate my risk by keeping myself as safe as possible (let friends know where I am, be on the phone, don’t wander around in the dark dressing how I would choose) pulling out the fawn flight or fight when required.

    Do you see the imbalance here? The media do not make more of male violence on women than there is. It’s not sensationalised, if anything it is downplayed. We barely hear about any of it. https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/UN_BriefFem_251121.pdf