Giving women accurate information on ways to reduce their risk of harm is a good thing. I see no issue with telling women to be aware of their surroundings, how to identify and avoid dangerous situations, and how to use self defense tools and techniques in case things go wrong.
I take issue with advice that is wrong, and advice intended to control women, like telling us to dress modestly.
Refraining from best practice safety advice because predatory men might take that as encouragement, is faulty logic in my mind.
No one suggested flaunting caution out of spite (though I do encourage it,) just that treating women as guards of a commodity puts the responsibility on them to control access. It frames men as natural predators as opposed to thinking humans who are responsible for their actions.
Giving women accurate information on ways to reduce their risk of harm is a good thing. I see no issue with telling women to be aware of their surroundings, how to identify and avoid dangerous situations, and how to use self defense tools and techniques in case things go wrong.
I take issue with advice that is wrong, and advice intended to control women, like telling us to dress modestly.
Refraining from best practice safety advice because predatory men might take that as encouragement, is faulty logic in my mind.
No one suggested flaunting caution out of spite (though I do encourage it,) just that treating women as guards of a commodity puts the responsibility on them to control access. It frames men as natural predators as opposed to thinking humans who are responsible for their actions.