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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look at a statistic: likelihood of being raped of you are a woman, versus likelihood of being raped if you are a man.  I'd take higher odds of being punched in the face over being raped any day.
How about likelihood of being killed by domestic violence?  Yep, we women get to win that one too.
I'm tired of hearing that it "goes both ways".  Sure, it does.  But NOT in equal volume.[/quote]

The PP that gave the explanation about the distinction of being terrorized because of some immutable personal characteristic (e.g. gender) was persuasive.

This response is much less so. Men are more likely to be victims of violent crimes. So, if we're going to do the one-upmanship thing, I'll see your rape victimization and raise you murder victimizations. [/quote]

That's true, but misleading.  How many of those male murder victims are involved in high-risk situations?  (I.e., gang violence, drug-related violence.)  NOT to say they deserve it, they don't.  But it's not the same thing as being attacked randomly in a situation where you have every right to expect you are "safe".   If you look at those stats, it's a very different picture.[/quote]

Most attacks on women are not random at all. Many, many domestic violence incidences also involve drugs and alcohol and involvement in criminal activity. I would have to go back and find the statistic but the majority of violence against women cases also include the same factors. Sure the jump out from behind the bushes in a total random attack can happen (to both men and women) but it is not the way most violence happens.[/quote]

Saying that "most violence isn't jump out from the bushes attack" violence doesn't mean that more "random" violence doesn't happen to women than men. 
And what does the statistic that the majority of violence against women includes the same factors even mean?  Does it mean the woman is involved in the criminal activity?  Or just that the person attacking her is?  (In which case, big deal.)
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