ugh, i had a big discussion about this with a fellow redditor and it annoyed the shit out of me. his argument was that by being cautious we were unjustly “treating them like criminals”, that some guys were like that but not most, not him. i explained that we aren’t assuming that all guys, or most guys are, or that he…

That’s kind of what women have been asking for this whole time (read: all of human history), and exactly why women are fearful in the first place. Because, in the ways that matter on a societal level, we don’t get seen as or treated like we’re actually equal humans to men. It’s nice if you treat women differently on…

Let’s bring it all back to the men and their feels. We are so, like, totally not helpful to men when we are scared so we should like, stop being scared because it hurts mens’ feelings, yall. Seriously. Poor men.

What is up with the swearing? From “nice guy” just going to his hotel room to ranting anger in less than an hour, for real? All while wondering why women live in fear of men in general, oh the irony! Women are basically raised to fear men, to mistrust men, to believe that men only want sex and if you’re not on guard…

So many women, myself included, have stories like this. But hey, we’re obviously the problem, right?

Oh, I see now. You’re a sadpants troll who got his feefees hurt because some lady wasn’t thrilled about you walking behind her for blocks. Gotcha.

Oh my GOD. You are literally commenting on an article about a woman being shot for standing up for herself to say that the idea of a woman being shot for standing up for herself is “insane”. Just stop fucking talking. If there is a time and place for your narcissistic rants about how unfair it is that women treat you…

Yeah, totally. I will continue to treat strange men like humans who, statistically, are more likely than other types of humans to hurt or attack me. Strange men do not deserve my kindness, or my “openness” to them. Fuck that noise. At the end of the day, my self-preservation is more important than your feels.

Right here in this thread, we have a dude playing martyr because HE frightened a woman and, gosh, why can’t you just relax when a stranger follows you down a dark street late at night, silly women?

Fear and terror aren’t constructive, but it’s also not something that can be helped. Maybe that woman had been sexually assaulted in an elevator before. Maybe that guy looked just like a guy that used to hit her. Maybe she was once trapped in an elevator and she wasn’t scared of that guy at all, just elevators in…

And there it is.

Yes, let’s please make this about you and how it hurts your feelings when women are understandably afraid of men.

Well....that escalated quickly. Not so sure you’re actually “one of the good ones” if you can go from “my feelings are hurt” to “fuck you she was crazy” in .02 seconds, honestly.