So this is what we have come to. How sad.

Revorob · 2011-09-10T07:36:44+00:00

One of the comments:

Do nothing. I'm a 5'8" woman and other women get out of my way. One even tried to hide in the recessed doorway of an apartment building and stayed there until I'd passed. Hell, she may be there still. I didn't look back to check.

At the end of the day, I'm a small person. If someone wanted to mug me then chances are that even without a weapon they're larger and stronger than me and wouldn't have much trouble. If you're running up behind me I'm going to react defensively, and if that's irrational then that's my problem and not yours.

Funnily enough, I feel bad every time I do visibly react, because I don't want whoever it is behind me to feel like it's a personal judgement on them. It's not like I can see you if you're behind me (especially if they're coming up fast), and stopping to say "hey, just so you know, I'm not doing this because you're a man" sort of defeats the purpose of being defensive in the first place.

onewithbow · 2011-09-10T13:22:39+00:00

The comments are mocking the OP. The response is as it should be, "Why are you worried about this".

canadas · 2011-09-11T03:37:46+00:00

If anything this could be a good thing.

oh my god he is going to mug me or worse. oh, he was just running, how foolish of me to assume the worst.

maybe im being idealistic to assume anyone would learn from this.

2011-09-10T17:43:19+00:00

Nice to see people think all men are rapists.

Title	So this is what we have come to. How sad.
Author	Whisper
Upvotes	4
Comments	13
Date	September 10, 2011 2:55 AM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/karna/so_this_is_what_we_have_come_to_how_sad/
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