Spot on.
Seems like the male owners have them as a statement “I have a bad a$$ dog” and women are being “woke” by owning “sweet pitties”.
You can put onesies and little flower crowns on them all you want but I won’t get near one.
Other than my normal career I teach scent detection for dogs/handlers. When someone brings a pit I have all the other students crate their dogs while the pit is out, rather than just be 20’ feet away on lead.
This I definitely agree with in many cases. Some male pitt bull owners definitely give the vibe that they like that you are intimidated by their dog. In college I lived in the hood. The projects were down the street, there was a crack house across from my rental house and I had a guy stick a gun in my gut once walking down the street but the other guy he was with stopped him and told me to walk away. I tell you this so you understand that this was an authentic ghetto experience.
Everyone there who owned a dog - all of them - had either a rottweiler or a pitt bull and they were all kept off leash and allowed to wander. The owners definitely liked that people would back away from them. I don't think that's limited to just the men in the hood.