Male privilege: How can I explain to a man why some women are afraid of men?

[IvyBush123]

A make friend of mine talked about male privilege a few months ago or I was trying to explain it to him - but I don’t think he got what I was trying to say.
He was walking down the street in the evening, it was getting dark and there was nobody else in the street but a unaccompanied women who hurried and gave him fearful looks.
My friend is a harmless person, very nice, would never do anything bad to a woman. He was hurt by the fact she seemed to fear him.

I tried to explain to him that most men aren’t rapist but some are and women like to be on the safe side. Don’t think he got what I was trying to say.

True. You know the men who say, "you can't talk to women any more"? And the answer to them is "YOU can't. Good men can."

Same with men who come and tell women off. Exactly the kind of men who I don't think are safe. DH, when I IDed him the night we met, said, "it's cool, I understand, I have a sister". That's a safe man.

It wasn't feminists who taught me that men, as a class, are dangerous. It was men, as a class. Then it was academic studies and statistics. Ones freely available to read. If one seeks to understand.

The fact that his first response was to consider his own feelings says a lot.

Uttery pointless revival of an old thread that was enjoying its peaceful retirement.

If there's one thing this elderly thread can teach us is that life's too short to entertain time-wasters.

It's Friday afternoon! Let's have a nice time.