Comments by "Christian Baune" (@programaths) on "" video.

  1. The only things I find fair we have to pay collectively is maternal leave and hygienic products. Those are things that are specific to being a woman. Being unsafe on the street is a cross gender issue. Education can solve that very well. I routinely walked one stop to accompany a women who felt unsafe, although I could just ignore her and hop on the metro. During this walk, we talk and she feel safer. I remember old "adverts" which explained girls how to use other people at their advantage, it should be done again. In a strange way, when a guy is in a weird situation, he seeks reinforcement. When a girl is in a weird situation, she isolate herself. Probably comes from the fear instilled by media "all men bad!". Except it's not the case... People are more and more isolated too and fear to talk to each other and it takes more effort for men to realize something is weird. Also, men themselves can fear things goes bad, but usually, when you walk in a situation, the guy assaulting the girl will fly. Even had the case where I talked over metro track and even if the guy knew I couldn't cross easily (would have to walk one stair up, checkout, check in then come down the other stair), it was enough to ask the girl how she is to deter him. They are weak predators and can only target people they think are weak. Think is that you don't need to confront the aggressor. Just to engage with the victime and walk away together and if it becomes too much, walk in the closest business. (and girls can do that too) It's also important to not adresse the perpetrator and just walk firmly toward the victime. It confuse them because it indicates you've some link with the victime, not that you're playing the hero. It's very important, because confronting the aggressor verbally will just motivate him. And if you've to, you've to be very short, like "hey" very loudly, but it's very difficult to convey a good enough threat, so it's risky. If you approach correctly, 99% of the job is done. I also had to walk myself in a business due to an assault where I saved my life and ran straight in a business, explaining what was happening. One should not fear to say it. It's not being weak, it's being smart! All the rest is pure BS.
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