Personal safety takes priority. Campaign for better attitudes towards women, by all means; I'm a raving feminist, but in the days when I could still walk properly I ALWAYS either got a cab or got someone to accompany me to my door. (Admittedly one guy got to my doorstep and propositioned me, but the main problem there was not bursting out laughing or making a snide remark about, "Considering how much you've drunk tonight, I doubt you could manage it," or perhaps, "After what you've told us about your sexual history?" The guy had managed to have a misspent youth by the age of 15. He was all of 20, bless him - what is this attraction I have for 20 year olds?)
I remember a drama class at school when the teacher made us go round the circle and define freedom, and one girl stood up and said, "Freedom is when a woman can walk the streets in her underwear and not get raped." Hear, hear.
Oh, the other point is that I'd say this to a man, although they're less likely to listen. More men than women get mugged, and this is probably because women are more likely to be careful in this regard. If someone's roaming the park with a syringe, waiting to take people to cashpoints, which is the sort of thing that happens round here on and off, I don't think your gender makes a blind bit of difference.
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I remember a drama class at school when the teacher made us go round the circle and define freedom, and one girl stood up and said, "Freedom is when a woman can walk the streets in her underwear and not get raped." Hear, hear.
Oh, the other point is that I'd say this to a man, although they're less likely to listen. More men than women get mugged, and this is probably because women are more likely to be careful in this regard. If someone's roaming the park with a syringe, waiting to take people to cashpoints, which is the sort of thing that happens round here on and off, I don't think your gender makes a blind bit of difference.