Davina McCall wouldn't walk home alone in the dark

Well there goes any theatre or concert going for me then

I'm fortunate that I have a car so I drive to most of my evening activities. But sometimes I have to take public transport. I have many friends who don't have a car. What are they supposed to do? Sit at home and do their knitting?

The point is that, as other posters have said, its a bit of a stupid comment

Its dark at 4ish for a fair few months here and virtually impossible to have even a 9-5 job with out having to walk in the dark let alone shift work or actually wanting a social life

Public transport isn’t good in many areas, some people dont have cars and cant afford taxis on a regular basis

Dd is at uni and her regular walk to her classmates house involves walking through a subway where its not possible to see through it unless you are in it and where someone was stabbed to death, the lads at the house quite often walk her through it and weve said to get a taxi but i bet she doesn’t!

We live in a reasonably safe village (the only dodgy alley we have is called poo alley)

I was sexually assaulted a couple of years ago. In broad daylight on a Saturday afternoon at the end of a busy high street. I still walk 'after dark' and during the day too.

I saw Davina's name trending on Twitter yesterday so I went to see why and discover she's blocked me. I've never even interacted with her, she's never been of interest. Very odd.

In my younger years I have walked home alone at night because of having no money for a taxi. It's easy for davina to say that . She certainly can afford a taxi. She's out of touch with reality.

It's not just after dark, is it?
I was molested in broad daylight as a child.
I was flashed at in the early afternoon as a teen.

Oh.

Davina is an idiot.

How disappointing.

If 97% of women state they have been sexually harassed at some point in their lives then some of those men doing it are 'normal I'm afraid. They may live 'normal' lives with you or me. Have 'normal' jobs and love their kids. They may even help out at primary school.

Absolutely is the same as the short skirt argument

She doesn't sound like a woman I'd want to be friends with @Handsoffstrikesagain

Well I have to walk home in the dark, I sometimes work late and can't park near my house, I have to park 5 or 6 streets away and walk down some very quiet roads. Should i give up my job? Should women only leave the house with a male chaperone after 9?
We don't all have the luxury of choice and I think it was an odd remark and the other part about Not All Men - we know that but we should be able to talk about it I don't think she should be leaping in to defend men at this point it would be a good time to focus on violence against women.

Here it is again:

"I wouldn’t walk home alone in the dark. And lots of men I know wouldn’t either... because there are some ( very few relatively ) bad people out there. But your response is say you view all men as a danger and I don’t think we should be spreading that message."

Perhaps if Davina has got loads of 'ordinary' friends, she'll stump up the cash so they don't have to walk home in the dark either.

But really the point of this is she's basically saying it's Sarah Everard's fault she was abducted and murdered. With a hefty dose of Not All Men thrown in.

Maybe you could tell her the optics aren't good next time you see her.

Any woman who trots out garbage like that is victim blaming. Be it Davina McCall or Ms Boggs down the road. They need to think before opening their mouths.

Thing is this whole debate has women check mated. It’s a choice between raising a very real issue, but in so doing spreading a lot of fear that will result in people living in that fear. Robbing them of the liberty to fully take part and engage in society. On the other hand you try to minimise the perceived threat and you’re leaving women vulnerable.

@Handsoffstrikesagain Fair enough that you and Davina share the same wide circle of friends. And no of course its completely not right to call out 'all men' on female abduction/murders'... But the stastics tend to lean very heavily towards mainly men commiting most female abduction/murder? Presumably there are reasons behind that then? I'll stick my neck out on the line and state it's because of related cases linked to; sexual motivation, men being physically stronger (generally) to be able to carry out attacks, motivated by attacks on previous/current partners, power motivation, plain old opportunity, feeling imasculated by 'rejection' of a woman they've randomly approached. Yes, all of which could also be said for male on male crimes. But very rarely said for women on male crimes of the same nature. Or am I mislead to think that? It's not about 'calling out all men', it's about women recognising that statistically we're far more likely to be low level harassed by men up to the point of abduction and murder than men by women. So imho Davina is talking out her bum...

The point is, it was an idiotic comment and no help at all.