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Comment author: V_V 08 January 2014 12:51:42AM 8 points [-]

But I also think the average man walking down the average street at night is significantly safer than the average woman doing the same

Most sexual assaults are not committed by random strangers on the average street at night.
IIUC, if we exclude sexual assault, gang-related violence, and random fights/brawls, victimization rates for men and women are similar, and probably still higher for men.

Comment author: adbge 08 January 2014 03:35:25AM 11 points [-]

The U.S. Department of Justice has a special report, Violent Victimization Committed by Strangers, 1993-2010:

In 2010, males experienced violent victimizations by strangers at nearly twice the rate of females (figure 2). The rate of violence against males by strangers was 9.5 victimizations per 1,000 males in 2010 compared to 4.7 victimizations per 1,000 females.

It goes on to say that the disparity seems to be shrinking, with crime against men falling more rapidly than crime against women.

Comment author: drethelin 08 January 2014 01:07:07AM 0 points [-]

a male [...] does not experience a constant physical danger (and the associated stress of being aware of said danger) whenever he leaves the house.

we are talking about assaults by random strangers though.

Comment author: V_V 08 January 2014 01:16:37AM 6 points [-]

Sexual assault by random strangers? Then is not a significant risk, at least in most parts of developed countries.
Assault for other purposes? Then AFAIK women don't have a higher victimization rate than men.

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