I never really feel unsafe. If I stretch the question a bit, to when I actually am less safe its situations I know are a bad idea but still do to “just quickly […]”. Like climbing onto a turning desk chair or windowstill to attach something. Placing a ladder at a sub-ideal angle since there is no space, Stand on the highest rung with one foot on a shelve. Operating a power tool without proper safety measures or while too tired. Stuff like that.
Any time I am the only woman in a room or only woman present with multiple men around, I am very aware that I am potentially in danger. If even ONE of those men is a threat, then I’m literally at the mercy of the other men to step in, and we all know that sometimes people step in … and sometimes they JOIN in.
Women have to be alert all the damn time. I would like to go hiking and camping. But I feel super unsafe doing either alone or with just a female friend. I would like to go for nighttime walks, but again, I feel unsafe going alone.
Just the other day, I walked into a dispensary waiting room and found myself behind closed doors with 8 men I didn’t know. I logically knew I wasn’t in danger; there were plenty of other people on the other side of the door. But man was my spidey sense tingling. I couldn’t wait to get out of there.
Women and nice men suffer because of the subset of men who range from icky oglers to actual predators. It sucks.
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Late night walks when it’s only groups of drunk men and me
Walks.
Using public transport after 6
Getting on a ladder at work
When customers show interest in me.
I never really feel unsafe. If I stretch the question a bit, to when I actually am less safe its situations I know are a bad idea but still do to “just quickly […]”. Like climbing onto a turning desk chair or windowstill to attach something. Placing a ladder at a sub-ideal angle since there is no space, Stand on the highest rung with one foot on a shelve. Operating a power tool without proper safety measures or while too tired. Stuff like that.
Driving home
On the roads, driving.
Mostly driving. The interstate where I live is treacherous in spots and not always avoidable.
Any time I am the only woman in a room or only woman present with multiple men around, I am very aware that I am potentially in danger. If even ONE of those men is a threat, then I’m literally at the mercy of the other men to step in, and we all know that sometimes people step in … and sometimes they JOIN in.
Women have to be alert all the damn time. I would like to go hiking and camping. But I feel super unsafe doing either alone or with just a female friend. I would like to go for nighttime walks, but again, I feel unsafe going alone.
Just the other day, I walked into a dispensary waiting room and found myself behind closed doors with 8 men I didn’t know. I logically knew I wasn’t in danger; there were plenty of other people on the other side of the door. But man was my spidey sense tingling. I couldn’t wait to get out of there.
Women and nice men suffer because of the subset of men who range from icky oglers to actual predators. It sucks.
When I’m the only woman in the carriage or the bus during my commute.