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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. [b]Women are afraid that men will kill them.[/b]”

Pardon my lack of sympathy for someone's rejection or awkwardness. What an utterly benign problem these incels have. [/quote]

In the US, men are killed by men at rate about four times higher than the rate of women killed by men.  In fact, only one woman per 100,000 can expect to be murdered in the US.  For white women, the homicide rate is much lower, as low as 1 homicide per 600,000 women.  [/quote]

But how many men are killed by women? [/quote]

Men are clearly a greater risk to both men and women. I don't think it matters that men don't generally suffer violence at the hands of women. The point is that men are *more* at risk from other men than women are from men AND men are afraid women will laugh at them. And even though men are a lot more likely than women to suffer violence at the hands of other men, men aren't generally fearful of those other men. So, it feels like: a) men are in more danger than women; and/or b) women exaggerate their actual risk. [/quote]
[b]Women tend to be targeted [i]because they are women.[/i] Men are seldom attacked because of their gender.[/b] [/quote]

This.

I went into a running store not long ago, to talk about running watches and belts and things. The (male) employee was showing me all the great things I could wear that allowed me to run without my cellphone, because it was so "freeing."

The fact that this is something that he can entertain as a man while running alone, is fascinating. I wonder what that's like to run alone and completely let down your guard, carry no phone, and just enjoy your natural endorphins - it must be nice.

I have been followed while running. I also had to call police for a woman who was randomly sexually assaulted. Simply for being a woman out and about.

Are men attacked sometimes? Sure - but it's likely a mugging - your wallet, your phone, maybe your shoes. They're very very rarely, randomly attacked just for being a man who's outside.

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