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As a man this sort of thing is terrible. Public outings shouldn't be overshadowed by fear of attacks of any kind.
That said this comic is extremely close to fear mongering and it definitely generalizes the male population.
Be smart people. But don't think your negative experiences rule the world.
When 1 in 5 women experience sexual assault in their lifetime, it's not fear mongering. And that's just sexual assaults. If you include scary experiences of threatening men hitting on them, basically every woman has that experience.
My eyes were shut to this for such an embarrassingly long time. One time while on the phone with my sister she was catcalled/harassed. I could hear it and asked "what the fuck was that?!". She shrugged it off. It was normal to her. The fact that she was so cavalier about it really opened my eyes to how different the female experience is in this world and it breaks my heart.
Girls, feel free to be loud about this (if you feel like it, if course). It's a big deal and (assuming my experience is typical) the men in your life might be clueless to the severity of it.