"Why does your daughter have to be on her watch but not your son?"
Well funnily enough, no adult woman has ever threatened to stay behind and rape my teenage son when he comes out from somewhere late at night because they were dissatisfied with his performance of his daily duties.
He has attended countless sleepovers without any woman trying to force herself on him when he was asleep.
He has never had a girl threaten to rape him when he said he didn't want to sleep with her.
He has been able to take part in job interviews and leisure activities with older people without being groped by middle-aged women.
As a 13yo child he was able to walk down the road without gangs of grown women commenting loudly on the size of his balls.
He has not been followed down the road late at night by adult women
The only risk that is equal to both of them is mugging and general assault. I admit that is a risk. But my daughter faces that risk on top of the risks of sexual violence, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.
And - this is the bit I think am vital- the number of people prepared to mug or assault a random stranger in the street is infinitely smaller than the number of people who will quite happily push their hands into the groin of a young adolescent girl or threaten her with sexual violence.
The fact that judges will still, even in this day and age, comment on an female assault victim's whereabouts and general ability to look after herself, while the same will not be said about a victim of mugging, shows that society still thinks that sexual violence against women is something women ought to factor into their everyday planning. We don't think that way with men.