The BBC empathise with women.

Kim came across as reasonable enough, but needs to reflect on the fact that, if a man made the mistake of attacking Kim, Kim unlike a woman, would have a good chance of fighting him off.

Also, everyone carefully concentrates on being out and about, so the reader isn't dangerously at risk of wondering about the terror of a woman who encounters Kim in a secluded unclothed or toileting situation.

I was walking back through the tunnel in moorgate on the Elizabeth Line (yes. That London) on Thursday evening. There were other ppl there and some guys joshing about some such also some way behind.

There's something about the acoustics in that tunnel that made it feel like they were right behind me and almost like surround sound in 1 ear then another. I realise there wasn't a threat, but it was still unnerving.

The other thing I do now is avoid giving address details if I get a cab back from station. Just the street. Particularly some of the cab drivers seem to know a little too much about the personal lives of some of the passengers they ferry around (one was telling a male relative of mine which guy was supposedly having an affair with which other household). It is this sense that there are some people who know you , that you don't know

It's not even legal to carry Mace-type sprays, but I did for years (bought in another country where they are legal).

I also thought FFS when I read that article in the Guardian this morning. Yes, men can be attacked but it's not the same. Because of where I work I have to do "breakaway" training regularly. I do the training then come home and try out the techniques (for getting away from someone who is holding you in various ways) on DH. None of them work, if he decides to hold on to me and stop me getting away, his strength and reach mean there is nothing I can do about it. It's funny, in that we always have a bit of a laugh. But of course it's really not.

I used to keep getting YouTube short clips of a woman who puts together colour coordinated self defence tools, including tasers and Hello Kitty style kitsch but with daggers inside which I'm pretty sure are illegal. I think she's been taken off now

For fucks sake, Guardian. No, 70 year old recently 'transitioned' Kim does not face misogyny. You can't resist insulting women even whole professing to defend them.

don’t worry the guardian are on it. They asked 5 women and a man who totally definitely is always mistaken for a woman 🙄www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/02/will-anything-change-six-women-react-saoirse-ronans-viral-comment

They just had a guy questioning a hapless teenage guy as to whether he is aware of how women feel on nights out.

He did say he's in a mixed group of friends including girls and it seemed a bit much to lecture him to Do Better but I guess it is an attempt to improve things

This is the original thing that started it. Saoirse Ronan with a little observation on the Graham Norton show

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/29/chatshow-saoirse-ronan-graham-norton-women

They'll feel.sorry for women up until the point that sympathy gets in the way of male 'needs'.

Ah I see, it involves women being frightened with the potential to worry other women so all good by the BBC. Surprised it's not presented by a drag queen.