Unfortunately, society is at a place where enough men have posed a risk to women that we are all a perceived potential threat.

It used to go both ways. Some men felt that they had a duty to protect women. But then they were told that that's actually misogyny, because actually women are strong and independent and can take care of themselves and don't need a man to protect them. So then the men who had respect for women let go of this idea where they're supposed to be protectors.

Meanwhile, the men who don't respect women haven't stopped. There just aren't any men left willing to intervene, because the ones who have have been punished and shamed for it.

So on the one hand, that makes women more vulnerable to the men who don't respect their boundaries. And on the other hand, it means there are less men respecting boundaries in the spotlight (seriously, you don't go viral by taking no for an answer; people only notice when it's something bad), which skews the perception of "men" in general towards "they're all dangerous."

Also, it doesn't help that people who advocate for women to learn self-defense get accused of victim-blaming (as if "be prepared and know how to defend yourself" is the same thing as "it's your fault because you weren't strong enough to stop it").