If you are referring the second article (which is an assumption on my part but I really can’t see how your comment would refer to the first one at all), the point is that many women do feel this way when a strange man approaches them and ignores their signals that they (the woman) do not want to interact. If you don’t feel this fear, that’s great. Honestly. But the comment thread is over 600 long with women agreeing that they do feel this way when a man does not respect their boundaries. Does the fact that you don’t feel like this negate the fact that other women, many other women, do, and therefore men should be respectful of that fact?

I understand that you do not like ‘feminism’ and what you feel it represents. I get that. But I don’t understand how you could dismiss other women’s experiences and say, “I don’t feel like that. Don’t presume to speak for me!” because what that reads like to me is “I don’t have that experience. Therefore, I am not interested in trying to make the world more safe for you.”

I’m not trying to be snarky but I really don’t understand that. Maybe I’ve misunderstood your intent, in which case please help me understand where you are coming from.

Not all women feel that way, and I tend to feel extremely resentful when other women tell me how I’m supposed to think, supposedly “for my own good”.

Victim blaming ain’t cool. But absolving personal responsibility ain’t cool, either. And telling me that just because I got girlparts means I automatically think a certain way is just bizarre to me.