Things Women Avoid Doing
1. Get drunk, because they never know if someone might try to assault them when they are under the influence.
2. Leave their drinks at the bar, unattended, because someone might try to drug them.
3. Move into certain neighborhoods or live on certain blocks, because the harassment is too severe.
4. Meet their creepy landlords, the cable guy, or the electrician by themselves, because it makes them feel unsafe.
5. Travel solo, because there are certain places where it’s just not safe to be a woman traveling alone.
6. Try couch-surfing, because staying at a stranger’s house seems like an invitation for trouble.
7. Run alone at night, because they fear attackers.
8. Talk back to harassers, because they never know if the abusive words will escalate to violent actions.
9. Meet a stranger — for a date or to buy something on Craigslist — without telling a friend exactly where they will be, because they are aware there’s always the threat of danger.
10. Walk home at night without holding their keys out, because they never know when they might need a makeshift weapon.
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