Transcript: With a picture of a snake in the background, post reads: The chances of a human being bitten by a venomous snake is 1 in 70 thousand.

The chances of a woman being attacked by a man is 1 in 3.

And somehow, your fear of snakes is valid. But a woman’s fear of male violence is dramatic.

  • ElectricVocalistBanned from community
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    2 days ago

    The second sentence is the actual point. Other people have come up with even better comparisons

      • ElectricVocalistBanned from community
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        2 days ago

        The post is dismissive of a real danger, that’s my point. Both are real

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          Men attacking other men isn’t a real danger to women.

          We’re in a women’s only community. Must we center men in every single conversation we have?