(note: International Women's Day is March 8th. International Non-Binary Day is July 14th)
Now that we know all the International Days for the gender categories, I want to talk about nighttime safety.
It is commonly perceived by many women that men never have to feel vulnerable when walking out at night!
However, men are more likely to be victims of homicides, assaults, robberies and more. The only crimes that women are more likely to be victims are sexual assault and domestic violence.
Men are aware of this and aware of their vulnerabilities, but they hide such vulnerabilities by pretending to be tougher and braver than they really are! This display of fake toughness gives the FALSE impression that men are not vulnerable at nighttime situations.
I have now posted a video about this issue
"Gender & Safety at Night: who is really in danger at night?"
I mention that men that don't conform to hyper-masculine norms are very vulnerable to violence! I mention that men who dress in pink or wear dresses have extra vulnerabilities at night. I also mention that men who are (or just to perceived to be) gay, "nerds", "dorks", or just plain unathletic have been victimized by very violent bullying.
But I also mention that even men who conform to hyper-masculine norms have been brutally attacked at night.
I mention that former male boxer Andy Ganigan who got brutally beaten at night to the point where he had severe brain damage and required 24-7 care. He died from the effects of the injuries 2 years later. If that can happen to a former male boxer, that can definitely happen to any man. I wrote a blog post about the case at
https://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-lenient-is-too-lenient.html
I also mention that gangsta rap icons Eazy-E and Suge Knight have been attacked in separate cases. It is well known that Suge Knight threatened and attacked Eazy-E. But later in life Suge Knight got knocked out in separate occasions.
Even in allegedly safe places can be dangerous for men. A friend who spent a few years in allegedly low-crime Japan was physically assaulted there. As for the USA, many well-known cases of male-on-male violent bullying occurred in allegedly low-crime suburbs and rural towns.
So the idea that men are not vulnerable to violence is just BS!
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PS:
speaking of Japan being allegedly low crime
:
Bruce Wallace, “Japan's Police See No Evil,” Los Angeles Times, November 09, 2007.
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/09/world/fg-autopsy9
