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Davina McCall wouldn't walk home alone in the dark

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MrGHardy · 13/03/2021 01:43

twitter.com/ThisisDavina/status/1370302344575995904

Quite an interesting take for someone who most likely never has to walk home alone in the dark from work. Problem solved, eh?

"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."

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RandomUser18282 · 13/03/2021 02:51

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MrsTerryPratchett · 13/03/2021 02:49

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pothole Davina is part of a wider group of my friends. That group includes teachers, childcare workers, office workers, a couple of single mums that have recently started their own businesses, two guys that have had life changing MH issues - a vast mixture. I just really wanted to clarify that point. Not looking to derail but wanted to clear up any potential assumptions.
Anyone who can't afford a cab?
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PotholeParadies · 13/03/2021 02:45

I sit corrected!

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PotholeParadies · 13/03/2021 02:37

@Quaagars

for someone who most likely never has to walk home alone in the dark from work. Problem solved, eh?

Where are you getting that from her tweet you linked to Confused

  • because she's famous, she has a bodyguard?
  • because she's female, she makes her husband/boyfriend/whoever walk with her at all times?

Or something else?

I think the reasonable presumption is that the celebrity tv presenter might have one of these at her disposal: 🚖🚕🚗🚘🚙
PotholeParadies · 13/03/2021 02:33

Oh come on. Perhaps rolexes was overstating it, but "normal"? I doubt many of them are doing the 2-10 shift in Tesco, never mind unable to afford a taxi or a car.

MrsTerryPratchett · 13/03/2021 02:30

I think the idea is that she can probably afford a cab @Quaagars

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Quaagars · 13/03/2021 02:23

for someone who most likely never has to walk home alone in the dark from work. Problem solved, eh?

Where are you getting that from her tweet you linked to Confused

  • because she's famous, she has a bodyguard?
  • because she's female, she makes her husband/boyfriend/whoever walk with her at all times?

Or something else?

MrsTerryPratchett · 13/03/2021 02:14

I used to work lates at a homeless hostel. No parking nearby, no bus. I used to park in a road nearby we lovingly called Crack Alley because it was the only free parking nearby. Dealing, prostitution etc.

It was very poorly paid so no chance of a cab. I was an immigrant so no other job I could do. Men would follow us and ironically the homeless men we knew would sometimes fuck them off (because they were much less scary than the drink arseholes at pub kicking out time). I was genuinely scared and in real danger a couple of times.

WTF is Davina's solution to that?

Particularly as with all 'caring' jobs, the staff were 75% female. The men were quickly promoted out of course.

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MrGHardy · 13/03/2021 02:10

Yes, that part about the men she knows is a joke. I was mugged once and it made me very aware of my surroundings and probably a lot more so than the vast majority of other men, but I still walked home in the middle of the night along an empty, dark canal rather than the longer route along the lit street.

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NiceGerbil · 13/03/2021 01:55

This walking after dark thing is such a sack of shit.

In winter it gets dark before loads of people are home from work.

Loads of people work shifts.

To never go out after dark by yourself would be incredibly restrictive.

And she claims most men she knows wouldn't eg walk home from the tube after work if it's dark? Bollocks.

And an appeal that most men are lovely.

So which is it?

If it's a tiny minority of men, the risk is very low. So why not go out after dark?

Drivel.

PotholeParadies · 13/03/2021 01:50

That is so out of touch she might as well be on the moon.

Of course she wouldn't. She'd drive (v. expensive car, bet ya) or have her chauffeur do it while she tweeted on her phone. Her male friends are going to be celebs aren't they, dripping with Rolexes? Not gonna walk home.

What the hell does that have to do with the rest of us, without her income?