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.

I don’t think a year has gone by since I was a teenager than I wasn’t painfully aware of myself when in public. It was much worse at 11-16 than it is at 37. But…as a small woman I have been followed in parking lots, into stores, recorded (I started recording back) and just the general less threatening long up-down lascivious staring. My rape experience was in my own bed in my own house in my pajamas. The last tinder date I had before I met my spouse tried to force me into their car. So when people give all sorts of sage advice about ways to avoid it..or like many are saying that it’s rare…I also want to say I don’t know any women who haven’t had an uncomfortable experience. I am incredibly mindful that this behavior is no universal among men, but experience shapes my own behavior. Don’t be mad when we cross the street or say no.

Further, saying no behind closed doors is something even more terrifying. Sometimes I’ve had relations I would not have if I thought I was safe to do so.

Just my personal story, mind.

Wow the comments here are really poorly informed. Women getting sexually assaulted isn't some rare thing. 1 in 5 women get sexually assaulted in their lifetime and nearly all women have a scary experience. It's not some rare thing that's being drummed up through fear mongering, it's a very real threat all women have to worry about.

Frankly, I don't want to hear the opinions of a bunch of men who never go outside and have no real world experience about the reality of sexual assault.

If nothing else, this thread gave me a new respect for the shit women go through. Sorry, ladies, this is total bullshit.

I honestly didn't expect to see a top comment here with this:

What feminists et al call “the patriarchy” is just the collective of social standards and expectations, which do obviously exist, but the ‘conspiracy theory’ part is in the deliberate anti-male name they use for it

I'm so sorry. This is awful.

I'll tell you, as a man who often walks home alone at night, it's never the women I'm scared of. I know how to defend myself, and I'm not small, but I still keep my guard up when I meet a man on my walk home from work.

Yes it's not all men, but it is in the vast majority of cases men, and that merits some sense of caution.