On safety, and the freedom to walk home: When words fail us. 🔗

@Miraz That’s the awful truth. I think we’re all a part of it. Everyone should have freedom to walk where they want. If one “should have thought better than walking ‘there’ after dark”, how come there aren’t any measures taken?

(Miraz: The link to Martina Hyde’s article couldn’t be opened).

@peterimoore Same here, sad to say. @miraz

@peterimoore As I think @miraz was referring to, making every place “safe” is also treating the symptoms, and not finding a cure.

The key is altering men’s role in the society. Yes, it’s good that we help women getting attacked, of course, we should - ideally help anyone who’s attacked, everywhere, but they’re not “our” women, and those are not “our” streets.

There is something fundamentally wrong with men that thinks he’s allowed to grope a woman (or worse), just because she dresses a certain way, or happen to appear at a specific location and or time.

I don’t know how to treat these men, but it’s clearly that they need some kind of guidance / help to not be offenders, and it might have to start as early as kindergarten.

@odd I just clicked it and it instantly opened for me… (in my browser — I orginally read the article via my RSS reader). Weird.

@peterimoore Yes, if I’ve understood this right, sex is a secondary reason, feeling of power over others is primary. And the lack there of at a earlier stage is probably one key reason for this behavior. @miraz

@Miraz Very strange! The URL that I’m getting is”What%20happened%20to%20me%20was%20nothing%20%E2%80%93%20the%20nothing%20women%20know%20all%20too%20well%20%7C%20UK%20news%20%7C%20The%20Guardian”.

@Miraz Oh, I did get to read the article, it was just that one link in it, written by Martina […] that wouldn’t show up when I tapped on it. I thought at first it was you that had written the article, but I am maybe mistaken. Maybe I should contact Deborah […], and ask about the link…

@odd Oh, I see. No, it wasn’t my article (I’m nowhere near that articulate nor well-informed).