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Among US women, fear/wariness-of and preparedness-for attempts at bodily harm and abusive behavior by men appears to be near-universal. EDIT: Removed bad pre-c

Among US women, fear/wariness-of and preparedness-for attempts at bodily harm and abusive behavior by men appears to be near-universal. EDIT: Removed bad pre-coffee math. See replies below for better math. I hope this helps you see why such a consideration could be considered relevant to the study.

cperciva 7y ago
(125,000 per year if I do my math right) You're high by a factor of 100.
caseysoftware 7y ago
The 0.001% is a few magnitudes off. In 2018, there were ~15,500 murders in the US with spouses and family members in general being ~15% of those victims. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#Homicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#Hom...
louisswiss 7y ago
> 0.001% of US women is somewhere in the six-figures territory (125,000 per year if I do my math right) No - you're off by two orders of magnitude. Much closer to ~1500 women/year. That's still ~1500 too many, no question. But is it likely to impact this study in any meaningful way? Seems unlikely to me (to put it mildly). > Among US women, fear/wariness-of and preparedness-for attempts at bodily harm and abusive behavior by men appears to be near-universal. That sounds like a reasonable assumption and not one I'd argue against (as someone with no real insight here). But the question was explicitly regarding murder. Not more general violence/abuse. I welcome the well-meaning comment and think your contribution was valuable in its own right, but please don't move the goalposts.
- floatingatoll 7y ago
  I apologize that my reply does not meet your standards. It is not my intent to "move the goalposts", but simply to convey a mindset you seemed not to recognize, in order to help you understand why they might have included that concern. You now grasp that mindset, even if my construction was terrible. I am grateful that you were able to discern my intent regardless.

cperciva 7y ago

(125,000 per year if I do my math right) You're high by a factor of 100.

caseysoftware 7y ago

The 0.001% is a few magnitudes off. In 2018, there were ~15,500 murders in the US with spouses and family members in general being ~15% of those victims. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#Homicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#Hom...

louisswiss 7y ago

> 0.001% of US women is somewhere in the six-figures territory (125,000 per year if I do my math right) No - you're off by two orders of magnitude. Much closer to ~1500 women/year. That's still ~1500 too many, no question. But is it likely to impact this study in any meaningful way? Seems unlikely to me (to put it mildly). > Among US women, fear/wariness-of and preparedness-for attempts at bodily harm and abusive behavior by men appears to be near-universal. That sounds like a reasonable assumption and not one I'd argue against (as someone with no real insight here). But the question was explicitly regarding murder. Not more general violence/abuse. I welcome the well-meaning comment and think your contribution was valuable in its own right, but please don't move the goalposts.

floatingatoll 7y ago
I apologize that my reply does not meet your standards. It is not my intent to "move the goalposts", but simply to convey a mindset you seemed not to recognize, in order to help you understand why they might have included that concern. You now grasp that mindset, even if my construction was terrible. I am grateful that you were able to discern my intent regardless.