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On Being a Woman in America While Trying to Avoid Being Assaulted
Paris Review | January 7, 2019 | R. O. Kwon

Posted on 01/11/2019 1:40:52 PM PST by yoe

Lately, I’ve come to suspect that maybe a lot of people, especially men, still have no idea what it’s like to be a woman in America going about her life while trying, and at times failing, not to be assaulted. So, these past weeks, I’ve been observing myself.



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To: chajin

You’re right: the techniques she described are excellent and just common sense, given the dangers we all face in today’s society.

It’s not just a problem for women - it’s everywhere.

Concealed carry and and decent training would go a long way towards peace of mind for this lady.


21 posted on 01/11/2019 2:11:23 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I guess the writer would believe the evidence was adequate if it were her father, brother or son. I wonder why men try to hook up when years from now the events of the evening can be used to destroy their lives.


22 posted on 01/11/2019 2:11:26 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: SamAdams76
As a man, I find this insulting. I would not assault a woman no matter how she is dressed and I resent the implication that I cannot control myself.

You do realize that these women depend on exactly that

Nothing pissed off a women more is went shes fishing with cheese and no one even nibbles the bait

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

23 posted on 01/11/2019 2:13:50 PM PST by tophat9000 (Tophat9000)
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To: tophat9000; SamAdams76
Nothing pissed off a women more is went shes fishing with cheese and no one even nibbles the bait

Except for when she starts reeling in a bottom-dwelling scum-sucker...

24 posted on 01/11/2019 2:16:18 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: yoe
I have quite a few female relatives who are never afraid in public or in their homes. They walk around, even alone, just them, whatever outfit they want to wear, and a little extra weight from Ruger, S&W, or even Glock. I wonder why leftists are afraid in situations that don't even phase my (very cute) 4' 10" cousin.

Note: Kwon could be cute, but she chose racoon eyes plus pegging out the crazy axis.

25 posted on 01/11/2019 2:16:19 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: yoe

Must be some neighborhood, where women dress like that. Haven’t seen ‘em.


26 posted on 01/11/2019 2:16:32 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: SamAdams76

Except that this isn’t about you; it’s about the not-inconsiderable number who can’t or won’t control themselves.


27 posted on 01/11/2019 2:18:25 PM PST by Romulus
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To: pepsi_junkie
I’m traveling, and I realize I forgot to lock my hotel-room door while I was gone for a few hours.

In my entire life I have never stayed in a hotel that didn't have automatic locking doors.

This woman appears to be a habitual dramatizer and fabulist. Probably in order to make a living as a writer.

28 posted on 01/11/2019 2:25:55 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: yoe

And such crap from these women. Go anywhere else on earth and tell me women are treated better. There is nowhere, and I mean nowhere that men treat women better than here.

The rest of the world thinks American men are almost angels and that American women are the most spoiled on earth.


29 posted on 01/11/2019 2:28:07 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: yoe

Rule #1: Don’t meet Harvey Weinstein in his hotel room.


30 posted on 01/11/2019 2:31:32 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: yoe

Rule #1: Don’t meet Harvey Weinstein in his hotel room.


31 posted on 01/11/2019 2:31:32 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Chainmail
Concealed carry and and decent training would go a long way towards peace of mind for this lady.

Getting herself out of San Francisco might be a good start ...

32 posted on 01/11/2019 2:33:20 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: pepsi_junkie
For example, when she gets in her car she checks the back seat for hidden men first, then once she gets in she immediately locks her doors and then zooms off, no delays.

I wonder if she looks under her bed at night to make sure that there is nobody there? Perhaps she does not understand basic biology and the differences between men and women.

Maybe she has been brainwashed by the feminists who believe that men and women are equal and interchangeable. They are NOT!

33 posted on 01/11/2019 2:36:12 PM PST by olezip
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To: yoe

No one ever raped a .38

Seriously, girls should be raised knowing how to use both a knife or other bladed weapon, and several different kinds of guns. They also need a philosophy of self defense, and the ability to act, not just react.

The typical voice of opposition to this, that if they resist, they might get hurt or killed, is utter crap. Defenseless women *often* get hurt and killed without resisting.

If a woman does not resist, she has a 30% or so chance of being sexually assaulted. If she resists with a weapon, this drops to just 3%.


34 posted on 01/11/2019 2:36:19 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("There is no 'try' only sasuga!")
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To: Chainmail; chajin

My tagline used to be “Ever Vigilant, Never Fearful”.

This gal is more on the “Ever Fearful, Ever Vigilant” side of things.


35 posted on 01/11/2019 2:36:49 PM PST by 21twelve (!)
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To: Pollster1

Faze | Definition of Faze by Merriam-Webster

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faze

Phase and Faze. Phase and faze are homophones (words pronounced alike but different in meaning, derivation, or spelling) that may easily be confused. Despite the similarity in pronunciation, these words bear little semantic resemblance to one another.


36 posted on 01/11/2019 2:37:59 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: olezip
Maybe she has been brainwashed by the feminists who believe that men and women are equal and interchangeable. They are NOT!

I recently watched a video that some guy did where he took Bureau of Labor Statistics reports of job categories and did some analysis of jobs men dominate vs those women dominate. Pretty interesting stuff. One thing that stood out was his statement that something like 94% of jobs having to do with construction or installation are done by men, so if men all retired nothing would get built in America and if it somehow did, there's be nobody to install it.

This isn't because men are better, it's because men are different than women. Women choose to do other things. They choose things that make less but on the other hands, of fatal accidents in the workplace 96% were to men because men will do more perilous work that pays more. Feminsts operate on a false premise: men and women are equal AND the same so outcomes should all be the same. We are indeed equal but certainly not the same. In general men have different gifts and motivations than women and we align our work accordingly. But that's obvious to anyone who isn't an NPC.

37 posted on 01/11/2019 2:42:48 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: yoe

This pathetic woman needs to move to Sweden, or Germany, or one of the countries where their current problem came from, then she will feel so much safer than here in America.

This is probably one of the safest countries in which to be a woman. But there are places one doesn’t venture if one doesn’t need to. Men, even big men, have to take similar measures and be situationally aware in order to minimize threats.

I guess I don’t understand why this woman makes a point of it being dangerous to be a woman in America, as if it’s safer to be a woman in other nations, or what?


38 posted on 01/11/2019 2:43:22 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: yoe

This seems to go back to the old “she was asking for it” defense.

That said, whatever wave feminism we are in somehow has young women thinking that they are only empowered and will only avoid whatever dread fate they saw for women before them if they can do anything they want to be, be anyone they want to be, and, yes, dress like a trollop without judgment.


39 posted on 01/11/2019 2:45:02 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: yoe

The only solution to this woman’s fear is the elimination of men.


40 posted on 01/11/2019 2:48:22 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
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