These are great. Esp the second one.
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I should have said "the world FELT LIKE a much safer place in the 70ās (to me). However, my father taught me what to do if I was ever attacked by a man; he did not teach me what to do if attacked by a bearā¦
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Agree, MaryBarbara58. The subjective feelings and the stats can be unrelated- and understandably so.
In the 1970s we didnāt have 24/7 TV news reporting breathlessly on every kidnapping, murder, and assault around the country/world. And the google algorithm now gives us six more suggested stories about kidnapped children or women in peril after a brief click on oneā¦
Perhaps the 1970s - before the current, relentless information overload - actually were safer - psychologically!
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No.
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Most men are not rapists, but I do not know a single woman who has not met up with a flasher or a situtation where they were scared of being raped. Not one. And I know an alarming number of women who have been raped. Iāll take the bear any day.
Years ago a big group of us were sitting around a party and our husbands were shocked by our experience, but I think they finally got why we were not at all surprised by whatever the latest incident of male bad behavior was. (Maybe Harvey Weinstein?)
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It sounds like Iām an anomoly, lived a pretty sheltered life. I have never had a situation with a flasher or a fear of being raped (or robbed) or heard story of such from a friend. Statistically surely I must know numerous women who have been raped (by stranger or a date), just kept it private. In college I did know somebody who escaped a near-rape situation with a drunk stranger at a big outdoor eventā¦. scary stuff.
So this morning while walking, I came around a corner and spotted a bear about 200 meters in the distance. It turned tail and ran off into the woods. I kept going, as the bear had made it clear it had no interest in bugging me.
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This afternoon while walking on the paved greenway trail with other people around a possibly homeless guy said something like āhow you doing today maāamā. I donāt know what he wanted it was not a friendly greeting and I had no money on me so I just kept walking. Creeped me out. I went around the corner headed back home and heard a āHelloā right behind me. I nearly jumped out of my skin before I realized it was my neighbor Steve who is a nice enough guy. Iām sure he didnāt think twice about saying hey, but it wouldāve been better if he hadnāt done it from behind like that.
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P. Diddyās former girlfriend agrees. Wow.
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Weāve had a bear roaming our small city for the past week. Lots of post on NextDoor and Facebook. Todayās video showed him walking past the library. Although I avoided running at the lake trail (near where he was first sighted) a few days, Iāve been back. But I do think about this thread. My answer to the subject question depends a lot on the context.
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But did he check out any books?
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We were at S and his GFās celebration after closing on their new house yesterday. Cute cottage in a lake community. New neighbor said sheād seen a bear in their backyard the day before. S and GF were thrilled! Guarantee if sheād told them there was an unknown man hanging out in their new backyard, they would have had a far different reaction.
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Or woman, to be fair.
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H & I walked the trails in a local park today because it was so hot ā¦ we donāt have much shade on our neighborhood streets. We were the only ones on the trails, aside from a wild turkey, a snake & 3 deer. I couldnāt help but think of this thread ā¦ I donāt know that I would want to have been walking alone, just in case something other than the animals was in the woods.
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He might have her for lunch 
So, in his eyes, she may belong on the kitchen/dining table . . .