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meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 09:30 AM Oct 2018

What would women do if men had a 9pm curfew?

Not sure how good this link will load. It's from George Takei's FB page but even with me being a woman - seeing all of these other women voice all of the things I've done just is so glaring! To think about this in this way, really hits home how women adapt and alter their lives because men (some) are a threat

https://www.georgetakei.com/women-men-curfew-9pm-twitter-2609495872.html?utm_content=inf_10_4221_2&tse_id=INF_085b94a0c66b11e8872dc93302272904

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What would women do if men had a 9pm curfew? (Original Post) meadowlark5 Oct 2018 OP
Someone posted this a couple of days ago. I am betting you can guess what the second Squinch Oct 2018 #1
Well, like everything, a few bad apples ruin it for everyone nt meadowlark5 Oct 2018 #2
I like to walk at night Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #3
I loved looking at the responses to this RockCreek Oct 2018 #4
It's just kind of an ugly world we live in - the threat of bad men has made me raise my kids meadowlark5 Oct 2018 #5

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
1. Someone posted this a couple of days ago. I am betting you can guess what the second
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 09:51 AM
Oct 2018

post was.

But for those who can't guess, the second post was about how unfair thinking about this was to the poor men.

I'm sure there will be some of that this time too, but thank you for posting. It is an interesting thought experiment, and if people would follow their thoughts on this it might teach them a lot.

Greybnk48

(10,168 posts)
3. I like to walk at night
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:23 AM
Oct 2018

but even though I live in a relatively safe town, it's not totally safe for me to do that without a big dog with me. I'm sure some men feel this way too, because of a few.

RockCreek

(739 posts)
4. I loved looking at the responses to this
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:26 AM
Oct 2018

and thinking about the answers.
Much of my life has been constrained by realistic fears/barriers related to being a woman.
I am an adventurer, yet have not adventured nearly as much as I would have.
I would be a different person if I had been able to do the many things I did not do as I knew I would be at great risk as a woman.

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
5. It's just kind of an ugly world we live in - the threat of bad men has made me raise my kids
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:33 AM
Oct 2018

with a hypersense of awareness. I think about them and all the ways they have had to alter their lives as well. Don't talk to people you don't know, don't go anywhere with people you don't know (stranger danger), active shooter drills, now the increase in human trafficking so be careful of lures especially around campus.

Not all but most of these things are perpetrated by men.

And I realize this has been going on for decades. But it seems that with so many people on this planet, there seems to be too much greed and a decrease in the value of human life.

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