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[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Women don’t generally like riding bikes home after dark through dimly lit streets and parks etc. Pretty universal thing.

[–] BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not really. In places that are not absolute shitholes, that is a normal and safe thing to do.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It doesn’t matter if it’s actually very safe to do, it’s the fact that many women have been and are attacked that way so women will always have that fear in the back of their mind. Trying to deny this is going against basic human psychology and behaviour.

You only need to look at the current “man or bear” discussion to see how wrong you are.