[Fishtalk]

Well I didn’t say this.

I did say that I would advise my granddaughter that is she was in a situation where she needed stranger assistance, a scenario not all that likely nowadays what with cell phones and everything but IF...I tell her to seek out a female instead of a male.

The odds of either a stranger female or male being a criminal or sex pervert are probably slim, much in keeping with the population of this country, but the odds are much greater that a male would hurt her than a female.

Why do normally intelligent conservative males go bonkers at common sense stuff like this. These same conservative males would be jumping up and down pointing out that most unwed mothers are of a certain race or any other truth that we’ve been politically corrected into keeping our mouth shut about.

But you don’t want us to point out the truth about hey...most rapes are committed by the males in this society. Are you gonna argue with this? Or are you gonna call me sick or all kind of names as others on this thread have done? Aren’t you politically correcting and shutting us up?

I really don’t get it.

I do believe that most of the really intelligent men reading this article understand it and I’d bet they’d advise their own daughters the same way.

[goldstategop]

Its one thing to tell our children to be watchful of dangerous people. Its another thing to tell them to fear ALL men. Yes, there are men who commit rapes. Men in general are brought up to respect women and to look after our kids' safety. So its not the facts we're arguing about, its the extreme fear of men being fostered in our society and that's can't be good for its well-being.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Burkean]

But going strictly by the odds, isn’t it much more likely that she will be hurt by a family member than by a stranger? In times of crisis should children be directed then to strangers rather than someone inside the home?

I do think it is a difficult situation and one wants to err on the side of caution with children. But I think it would be wise to teach children how to spot suspicious behavior rather than to be suspicious of everyone.

[Finny]

Why do normally intelligent conservative males go bonkers at common sense stuff like this.

Because it isn't common sense.

[Finny]

...most rapes are committed by the males in this society.

Case in point of demonstrated lack of common sense.

Here's another point: Most airplane crashes are caused by gravity. Common sense to point it out???