Public safety

Women tend to over-estimate threats.

Men tend to under-estimate threats.

Men are more likely than women to experience violence in a public place.

Women are safer when a men are around. A man is orders of magnitude more likely to step in to protect a woman, even a woman he doesn't know, than ever to try to hurt a woman.

Men are on guard outside at night or in remote or quiet areas.

Men maintain situational awareness at all times. Men are aware of who is around us and what they are doing.

Some feminists acknowledge that not all men are threats but they say they don't know which ones are.

Response: Safety can never be guaranteed. Having said that, women are safer with men around than not.

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