The thing is, it’s a hyperbole going out of control.

Many women hear stories of assault and rape and whatever, and many then face a male, or even several, who really act in a threatening way, and this confirms it even further, and before you know it, many women start to believe that the average male is a hungry violent rapist who’s after them.

You know what happens when you see a bear in the forest and the bear sees you? Depending on circumstances and your behavior, the bear either walks away or jumps at you.

And when there’s a man?

You can ask for directions and receive them, or be guided to wherever you wanna go, or - in some truly slim chance - actually get attacked in any way (most likely if the person is insane)

Men are people, with absolute majority of them being completely normal and respectful human beings with literally 0 intent to hurt you.

People who raise awareness about rapists, abusers, murderers or whatnot, are doing the good thing

People who are feeding into the culture of fear of men are doing society a disservice (and potentially even radicalize some of the actually bad men).

(Also, women can be rapists and murderers and abusers, especially domestic abusers - it’s not a male prerogative, even if it is somewhat more common among males)

It’s so charming how women say “I am afraid” and the first thing men do is say “you’re delusional.”

Discounting women’s feelings is one of the reasons we are afraid. We have to daily interact with people who treat us as less than fully human, even when they aren’t raping us. Your daily behavior makes you more unpredictable than a bear.

At least with a bear, you know where you stand. And you won’t be actively hunted.