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- From: andyw@meaddata.COM (Andy Welter)
- Subject: Re: Women's and men's safety
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- Date: 2 Jan 93 05:20:31 GMT
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- I think part of the difference in fear about violence between men and
- women is just a difference in attitude about getting hurt. This is
- not a scientific survey, but men just seem to be more accepting of
- personal risk than women.
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- When you look at things like skydiving, whitewater rafting, bungee
- jumping, sports you can get hurt playing, etc, men seem to be more
- tolerant of a given level of risk than women would be. When you
- couple that attitude with a situation where there really is a
- difference in safety between men and women (walking in bad
- neighborhoods) you end up with a really big diffence in your perceived
- level of safety.
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- I think the issue that needs to be addressed is actual measurable
- differences in safety, not what peoples FEELINGs are.
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