We're not females, mate, we're women. And it's not isolated to any country or socio-economic group.

These aren't extremes. They're the lived existence of most women. Like I said, that's a list that most women can identify an instance of that they've experienced.

Your word choice and tone make me think that you aren't a person any woman readily or candidly confides in.

Rape, assault, groping, what have you - that happens everywhere. It's not just a bleak story of post-USSR landscapes and people being carted into trucks; it's ordinary people. Pele with families, with white collar jobs. Suburbs and night clubs. Country roads and city alleys.

I'm not a broken shell of a person. I'm a woman in my late 30s who has experienced trauma at the hands of men I trusted, and from complete strangers. I'm a high income earner, I'm privileged. But every woman I know has experienced something on that list.

Listen to women. Wherever they are, whatever they look like. Stop telling us. We don't need to be told anything.