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If I remember correctly, yes. Women are more likely to be harassed in general, men are more likely to be the victims of physical violence. The difference in pe
by freshhawk 11y ago
If I remember correctly, yes. Women are more likely to be harassed in general, men are more likely to be the victims of physical violence.
The difference in perception is because our culture is currently much more concerned with violence from "creepy" or "stalker" types (anything perceived as sexually motivated) than any other kinds.
- tomp 11y ago> men are more likely to be the victims of physical violence I read a document [1] yesterday saying that's not entirely true, but if you only count aggravated assault (or something similar - i.e. actually getting seriously hurt, not just a slap or being lightly pushed), men "win". [1] https://www.notehub.org/2015/1/8/not-all-is-great-in-the-world-of-men#homicide https://www.notehub.org/2015/1/8/not-all-is-great-in-the-wor...
- freshhawk 11y agoThe question was about walking in the street and a comparison of danger (and I think "seriously hurt" is a good metric for danger). It is entirely true. Only if you combine spousal abuse statistics, which are circumstances with different causes and different solutions, can you manufacture some useless but close to 50/50 statistic. It is a useless statistic because it serves only as a manufactured factoid for some stupid internet gender related argument. It can't serve as part of a basis of facts for anyone looking to reduce the levels of violence for anyone. It can't serve as information when trying to judge personal risk. I know you acknowledged this point by putting "win" in quotes, I'm just distancing myself from that entire attitude.