Study visually captures a hard truth: Walking home at night is not the same for women ( phys.org )

An eye-catching new study shows just how different the experience of walking home at night is for women versus men.

The study, led by Brigham Young University public health professor Robbie Chaney, provides clear visual evidence of the constant environmental scanning women conduct as they walk in the dark, a safety consideration the study shows is unique to their experience.

agressivelyPassive ,

What would really interest me is the alignment of perceived and actual threat. This is of course anecdotal and highly localized, but in my bubble men walk home carelessly, while women often express fear. At the same time I know quite a few cases of men getting into trouble, but hardly any women who had anything worse than catcalling happen to them.

Of course it's hard to operationalize mugging and rape into a point scale, but maybe there are other ways for comparison.

livus ,

You seem to be suggesting that

  • in your experience careless walkers get into trouble more than careful walkers
  • therefore careful walkers do not face as much of a threat

Do you see the problem with that line of reasoning? It's a bit like saying locked cars get stolen less therefore they didn't need to be locked.

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