It is perfectly understandable that women risk assess. We all do, all the time to protect ourselves against various criminals and other threats out there. My point is firstly that it is usually pretty offensive to tell the other person that that is what you are thinking, because it usually involves accusing an innocent person of being a criminal or potential criminal. That’s hardly polite is it.
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Now, I thought I had explained to you what political correctness was. I’ll repeat. It is the idea that sometimes it is unacceptable to tell the truth. Alasdair was a victim of political correctness. He told the truth (or at least offered an opinion based on fact and logic); it was deemed unacceptable in a trial by media, and he was fired.

Soooo…it’s okay for a poor, pathetic male victim of the Feminazi Cabal to “tell the truth” (heh), but it’s not okay for women to be straightforward about their reasons for being wary of strangers.

Gotcha.

Dipshit. (Oh, my…how rude of me. I guess I lose the Tone Argument).

Oh please. There’s a hard indignorant core of trolls who have been doing absolutely nothing BUT “speaking up” to RW, relentlessly (and pointlessly) trashing her on several threads for WEEKS now — and now you’re crying about people being “afraid to speak up?” What, you had a night-terror about a visit from the dreaded Waffen RWSS? You really expect to be taken seriously with that crybaby bullshit? I don’t care how many educated women you claim to represent — you’re a fucking hyperemotional idiot.

I’ve met some educated women myself, and NONE of them sound as ridiculous as you. Must be something to do with their being, you know, educated.

This is the head of the nail that Dawkins so accurately hit with his very apt comment.

So why the fuck did you try to insinuate that the story might be false, you moron?

Because that’s the essence of skepticism … every story might be false. And claiming that no one else has questioned it (which isn’t) true is a fallacy of argumentum ad populum.

What a bunch of BS. There are tons of us, most afraid to speak up.

When will people get that You Can’t Tell by Looking? You have to wait for them to act. And if you’re in a vulnerable situation, that may be too late.

So, please, enough indignation. Grow up!

Rapists live in our society as wolves in sheep’s clothing. Women have to watch men’s behaviour to peek beneath the wool. A rapist uses the sheep disguise to creep in on women–the basic definition of a “creep.” Then they use, “Just being friendly, just wanted to talk, can’t you take a joke” to deny their incomplete forays. The guy in the elevator was acting in wolf-like ways by ignoring her previous statements. Rebecca was right to be cautious.

The moral indignation of some commenters bewilders me. Where is your indignation that I have to lock my car–aren’t I calling you a car thief? Where is your indignation against the store that demands to see photo ID or a bank card before cashing a cheque? Isn’t the management calling you a forger? How dare they? Why can they set boundaries about property & money but women can’t set boundaries about their personal safety? Just as you’ve learned to stand the suspicions of car owners and store personnel, you can stand being thought formidable by women.