I did, and I rarely felt unsafe. I feel like part of it is that I didn’t grow up with that “fear of attack” education, part of it is sheer inconscience, luck and delusion on my behalf, I suppose. I don’t want to minimize other women’s feelings, and I want for all of us to reclaim the streets, and be in the mental…

I knew it. She’s damn English, plus, this was the only way to have the good count of syllables in the rhyme. Ô, NYT, you are just the shadow of the great investigative institution you were before!

Yes, it’s probably more for that than the effectiveness of the device in preventing and repelling attackers.

And I think this is also part of the problem, perception of safety differ across gender and areas, so not everything has to do with facts and stats. That being said, perception of non dominant groups should be listened to, whatever the stats say.

But would the device be more effective than “ traditional” methods: talking on your phone, going into a shop, screaming, ... ? I’m not trying to minimize the fact that sexual aggressions are a thing, but rather the business around it.

I’m totally guilty of thinking about the device in the us market case only, sorry. And my comment is then not only inappropriate but also wrong in that light.

I doubt that would be the case, as women have to activate it. We don’t see a lot of false alarm when people are calling the police either, and the only one a potential wearer would bother are her “safety friends”

Honestly, women are less likely to walk the public spaces, specially at night, so if it helps putting more women out here and feel safe, I’m in favour of it. No bad side effects, and plenty of good side effects.

I feel like it’s not the kind of thing one will be wearing inside, or with friends, or at a party. And those are the most common settings for rape, unfortunately.

I’m sorry, but rape is a real thing and minimizing the feelings of insecurity a lot of women have is not ok. Women should be able to feel secure in the public space.

My thought as well... It’s depressing to know that such things exist.

I’m genuinely baffled that people feel the need to wear that.... In the first sense, I didn’t realize it was so common to carry something like that around. The world is a sad place if women feel that unsafe.

I remember being in India and being severely afraid of them. But, it’s also because of the ever growing expansion of cities and their high adaptability.

Damn Bette Midler, that’s more than a shade!

My thoughts as well! Go for it, Clover!

Plus, I think he could have been a relevant addition, before gawker moves towards vox ( I’m still laughing at that one).

Not to mention he is half of THE Speidi. And, also, had a very interesting zen new wave phase.

I just think that, when someone to say things like that in public, he must think stuff twice as bad privately.

Thanks for talking about it !

There must be something really rotten in the music industry to think that’s an ok message to deliver on TV. Like, nobody realized that it was not ok when briefing him?