Never base facts and statistics on personal conversations and limited personal experiences, look for factual studies.
People advise women not to put themselves at risk because all people, male and female are more protective of women and are largely indifferent to the death and maiming of men.
Women are the majority of the population and don’t even reach 25% of the homicides, can you imagine how the nation and government would react if women suddenly became 53% of the homicides in America?
This is a free country, women can walk out the door and go to the same places as men, but they don’t because they do not want to suffer the same consequences that the male sex takes in stride.
I have a science background and therefore do not base facts and statistics on personal conversations and anecdotal information. I offered those instances in support of all the studies I have read that state that rape is under reported. I didn’t mention those studies because you have already stated that you believe studies indicate rape is over reported.
I don’t believe men take rape/murder ‘in stride’.
I don’t know anyone personally who is indifferent to maiming and murder of men.
I can see that we must agree to disagree.