There have been many posts in this sub showing men are victims of violent crime at least as much as women yet there remains this fallacy women are more victimized and we need to focus on their safety.

I recently had a reminder this isn’t just true overall but also within other communities such as the outdoor community where another sub recently brought up a cherry picked example of a man harassing women in the outdoors, the article and sub of course using this to claim women face some huge risk backpacking that men don’t.

Fortunately, there’s actually some good data on this showing that assaults backpacking occur at a fraction of the overall national level and that women are at no more risk than men are. (1). The risk to women is proven low, yet there’s a fear mongering push to claim the opposite.

Yet, when I provide this objective information, I get hated on for it. It’s incredible how people (and not just feminists) are so opposed to acknowledging women simply aren’t more at risk than men.

Not only does this downplay the risk men face, but such fear mongering unnecessarily scares women away from things that are actually as safe or safer for them.

People here may accept the facts, but we are sadly a long, long ways from getting society as a whole to objectively look at the risks men and women face.

Have you run into this in specific areas areas or venues? Share your experiences of people denying the facts about male vs female safety and victimization.

(1). https://claybonnymanevans.com/examining-the-real-numbers-behind-violent-instances-on-the-appalachian-trail/