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I didn't mean for this post to cause a bunch of arguing in the comments =(

I thought this was just some gallows humor (e.g. "Everything's lovely except that I have to fear for my safety all the time") type of shitpost that sounded similar to comments I've heard from women irl a lot.

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[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Are you mad at trans people when they say they aren't going to be safe in a men's bathroom? Because they won't be. I Don't know why it's the man part of the statement that you are so upset by. I'm also a man. I'm not hurt by this entirely justified fear that women have.

AGAIN. You are attacking women for fearing men, because they aren't being sensitive enough to men while expressing fear for their life. This isn't about men's feelings. It's about the women's feelings. It's OK to express entirely justified fears.

I've been a person who's had to help document stalking, to help get restraining orders, to put policy in place to prevent men targeting young women. This is a part of running any open to the public business where women work, or frequent. You have to know this as a matter of business management that when a worker or shopper says ''I don't know this man following or talking to me, and I'm getting scared'' that you need to take it seriously, and also be aware your two steps behind. It shouldn't get to that point.

You have to notice when a guy comes in twice to talk to the same cashier, you have to pull them off the floor everytime he comes back, and if he asks once about that staff member, you HAVE to start paperwork. That's the crucial point. That's where if you do nothing, someone can get hurt or killed.

THAT EARLY is when you need to have paperwork, offical trespassing complaints, restraining orders, that's when you need to know that man has been pushed back enough to pull his head out of his ass and realize the high school or college age girl at a shirt folding store isn't going to fall in love with him, and some pressure to let him know, you've already been caught, you can't get away with it, you'll never get away with it.

Women deal with this EVERY SINGLE DAY they go out into public alone. I had to learn this. I had no idea it was this bad, I childishly thought cat calling was a thing that only happened in like three different streets in NYC or Boston. Not so. There's guys with a wife and kids in his 40s driving to work in my small town who will roll down their window and scream obscene things at high school kids they think are hot walking to school.

[-] Fleur_@lemm.ee 1 points 23 hours ago

No I'm not. I'm just saying I feel alienated when the term men is used as a substitute for murderer. I think you should read my original comment again.

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