I understnd your point. I wish you would beable to undertand mine. Just being a woman means one is at risk all the time. I’ll never forget what a close call I had once when I lived in L.A. - I had a toothache and got up at 4 am to take a pill - got a weird feeling - went into my living room - a man had come in the window. It was summer and I was just in underwear. I knew that he was going to jump me in the next second and it would be all over. I bent my knees (thank you, Carlos Casteneda) and let out a scream that woke the neighborhood. The guy left. The police came. I couldn’t have used a gun at that moment - I was too groggy. The scream worked. That time. But you have no idea how often random men - bus drivers, cab drivers, a neighbor...turn into predators out of nowhere. We can’t go around shooting everyone.
To the men who have a hard time grasping this, imagine this scenario:
You’ve been thrown in jail. (Don’t say that couldn’t happen because you are a law-abiding citizen. Remember who is still “ruling” America.) Now imagine a cell-mate who is much, much bigger than you and is leering at you.
Uncomfortable yet?
How long do you think you can keep him away?
How do you think tiny women feel?
Do you think a woman should have to live in a state of terror and carry a gun 24/7? Only when she is outside of her own home?
I have a friend with knife scars on her face. From being attacked in her own home with the doors locked.