Are the mocking and insults in the room with us?

Simple rules are simple to follow 😘

Oh no….

Anyway.

Cry harder.

peak

You both have more patience than me, I very much enjoy reading your responses to these people, as they're a lot more diplomatic than anything I would say. Of course, I'd prefer if they'd leave us alone but well...

Being an idiot is the sign of being an idiot.

It can be fun. There are so few communities on the internet where I know other women will have my back, I appreciate all of you.

Yes, public forums usually have rules! hence it is recommended you read those before asking questions!

If you don't know how to read the rules, you don't have to pretend like you did! Nobody is asking for your opinion, its okay!

Using probabilities, that would basically lead to 100% of women being assaulted within their lifetime. Its definitely not per year.

Can I just be upset that the snake used in the image is not venomous?

What are the stats about women being bitten by nonvenomous snakes?

That's a good question. Last time I was near a venomous snake, it was not the least bit interested in me.

Apparently I have poor reading comprehension late at night. Bitten by non-venomous snakes? It has happened a few times. I don't know how often it would occur though on average.

It certainly raises your odds above 1/70k.

Falling appliances kill about twice as many people per year as sharks, but if you're more afraid of a refrigerator than of a shark, a lot of people will definitely call you dramatic. Proximity is a huge factor in the likelihood of any given occurrence.

Wren reign it in

Cool it down velma

*ↄ*?

I would be scared of a falling refrigerator.

Oh lord do I try.

The fact is, the man community has done a bad job representing itself to women. They keep choosing bad men like Trump and Musk to represent their community. The man community has completely failed to police its own members. That's why it has a bad reputation.

Likewise, I'd be scared of a shark that was right next to me, or a person chasing me with exposed genitalia, but a standing refrigerator or a person behaving normally is unlikely to suddenly fall or assault you. There's still a chance, and you can and should still be aware of it and take appropriate precautions, but being on edge constantly is going to cause more issues that it solves.

I would be on edge around a falling shark.

or a person chasing me with exposed genitalia

This is an extremely inaccurate framing of sexual assault, rape, and violence.

Being aware of one's surroundings and having some methods of avoidance and self defense are good for everyone.

Are you aware of the community you're in? We aren't really worried about men attacking other men in this conversation because this is a women's only community.

I can't find a single statistic to back that up. By the way, you sure you're in the right community?

Why include the first then?

You’re being dismissive of a real danger women face.

*In Canada

I'll ask again, since you seem to miss details, you sure you're in the right community?

Men attacking other men isn’t a real danger to women.

We’re in a women’s only community. Must we center men in every single conversation we have?

Men face a higher overall risk of general physical assault, primarily perpetrated by other men, whereas women experience vastly higher rates of sexual assault and intimate partner violence committed by men. General crime data indicates that men are more frequently victims of public and stranger violence, while women face disproportionate risks of domestic and sexual abuse. [1]

Why are you in this community?

I'm not saying that that's the only kind of SA, of course. It was just an easy shorthand for likely imminent SA (and ongoing sexual harassment, for that matter).

Then fuckin leave.

Most SA and rape is committed by someone the victim knows, not some stranger chasing people with their dicks out.

Framing the danger women face from men as "a person chasing them with exposed genitalia" is dismissive and inaccurate. 1 in 3 women will face SA or rape in their lifetime. That isn't an exaggeration.

Right? Looks like a carpet python

Yea, some kind of python at least.

While I don't know that stat, I've heard from ER/first responder types and the majority of snake bite incidents are

1. Men
2. On the hand/forearm
3. Alcohol was involved

So basically "Hold my beer, watch this" type situations.

You could say we have people like JK Rowling leading the "women's community", you can always cheery pick. There are good and bad people of all genders, and not everyone is in a community with others of the same gender as them.

And yet people talk about "the queer community" or "the black community" or "the Deaf community". If minorities have to put up with that, majorities can put up with it too

I don't think minorities should have to put up with it either. we are all individuals