I had an uncle that wouldn't go walking without brass knuckles and a chain because he was scared of getting mugged.
He lived in the most upper class suburban neighborhood I've ever seen but the conservative talk shows had just poisoned his mind, he was afraid of everything.
I knew a guy who lived in rich suburbs and bought a gun because he "heard a drug deal went down" and he "wanted to protect his daughter". People are stupid and even more so when scared.
It's a sad state of affairs, but that's how it is. As a ~~veloci~~ er... regular human being that happens to be male, I can see why this happens. And one of the main problems we still have as a society is that when something happens to a woman, one of the things many assholes ask first is: "how was she dressed?" As if somehow it was the woman's fault because the poor man couldn't help it.
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In all seriousness, yeah, we (women) all know that's how it is. The image is critiquing the status quo though, because it's fluffing stupid.
And the stupidest part of it is that this status quo hurts men too. Because they don't realize that perpetuating it makes women afraid of men (with a valid reason).
Hell, right now, if a man approaches a woman, her first reaction is fear and distrust, and it's justified because they learned that it's better to fear a man and be safe than to trust him and be sorry later. And this is hurting men too because makes it harder to find someone even if you are a sane (as in not a potential rapist) individual. Helping to perpetuate this status quo is basically shooting ourselves in the foot, repeatedly.
PS: just in case it wasn't clear, I speak as a male human being. 👀
That window breaker appears to be a combo seat belt cutter and is a good item to have in your car in general. Didn’t know they were primarily marketed to women.
I don't think they are. I get what the "meme" is going for, but it looks to me more like adding "women" to the query just eliminates PPE from the results.
I have a combo window breaker, seatbelt cutter, fire starter, knife, flashlight next to the driver's seat in my and my wife's cars.
We used to keep it in the glove box until we realized in an emergency (when it would be needed), it would be inaccessible.
Men must really have weak hands, feet, eyes, and skulls compared to women, and be much harder to see. Sounds rough.
Fake! If the safety items in the bottom half were for women, they'd be pink.
Somewhat /s
If they are pink, don't forget to add the pink tax too.
I never leave the house unarmed. I recommend self-defence classes and weapons training for each and every gal. There's too many weirdos out there and having trained self-defence for quite many years became very useful a few times in the past for me.
Its good to know how. In many of those classes they will also teach us to trust our guts on stuff like that and GTFO before we need to fight. And i think thats equally important. Its really, really hard to defend yourself agains someone bigger and heavier than you. A fight not fought is a fight not lost.
And never forget that a weapon can also be used against oneself, especially if not used often or trained.
Stay safe out there ladies!
That's exactly what my self-defence teacher repeated nonstop: The best self-defence is getting the fuck away from the danger. Unfortunately, that's not always possible, so you need a plan B as well.
And yes, before carrying around weapons, you need to learn how and when to use them.
Got to fuck em up like Captain Janeway did to Tuvix
Seriously though OP is spot on with the recommendation
Lol, I recently watched Voyager again and Janeway is badass. The only bigger badass is her:
Unfortunately in Australia carrying any sort of weapon for self-defence is illegal, including pepper spray. I still, if I'm going into a higher-risk situation, carry something like a padlock or 3D printed cat-ear ring regardless. Rather be charged with assault than end up assaulted myself, or worse.
Same here in Canada.
You can carry a knife, as long as it's a utility knife, or used for cooking, or if it's some kind of sporting equipment.
If you use anything for defense, you're likely going to be getting a weapons charge.
It's idiotic if you ask me. If only criminals can carry weapons, then only criminals will ever have weapons.
IMO, nonlethal self defense equipment should be exempt from weapons laws until such time as it is used to perpetrate a crime, when it then becomes an offensive weapon and prohibited by law. (We have a similar law about knives/blades, they're not considered weapons until they're used in the commission of a crime).
Ya we need more women in construction
I'm a man, and after seeing this I'm definitely buying the door lock thingy to prevent another man (3 years old son) getting into my office yelling during another meeting.
Honestly didn't know it existed
Could have used this a well, 89 yo Gramma with dementia not a 3yo though
Huh, I'd never thought about window breakers in that context.
This kind of difference is always quite profound IMO. "Things for men" and "things for women" in almost every context is going to give different results. Doesn't matter if it's ppe or personal defense, or safety.... In almost all cases, there's going to be different results if you include gendered terms in your search.
I imagine "support" would yield a very different result when including your gender too. But like I said, far from the only examples.
Yeah, but I don't think seeing fruit consumption by gender is going to highlight social issues.
I have the sudden urge to want to buy thigh high steel toe boots with built in knee pads. If such boots exist.
You can get them at the Lumberjack store