This is true, but I think it’s also somewhat unfair to women. Both because of their lesser physical strength, reduced exposure to violence, and lack of training, most women simply aren’t very dangerous in 1:1 (or 2:1, etc.) combat. They have far lower propensity to use violence even when it’d be warranted and called for, and less ability to prosecute it successfully if they choose to do so.

This changes the equation on how a threat is handled even it’s rare. I’m pretty sure if I needed to do so I could take out two women who attacked me at the same time, but the average woman would be hard pressed to take out even one man long enough to get away. And even if I am attacked by a man, I have a good chance of at least doing enough immediate damage to escape, and a fair chance with two. And that’s because I am unafraid of violence and, frankly, very good at it. Those facts are not true of the vast majority of women.

All that said, Aella is correct that women are often too fearful. More than actually benefits them. Women most often overestimate risk in this realm by some absurd amount, like 1,000x or even 10,000x the actual danger and threat.

But weirdly, they also underestimate risk by some equal and absurd amount of the “hot” bad boy they are pining for. He’s the one most likely to harm them, but they are nearly always completely blind to the Chad risk.

Why?