Women have , for millennia , belonged to a group that is routinely targeted for sale , slavery , exploitation and abuseSlavery and abuse are not femalespecific . You have to already know this . You dont even need to pick up a book to see examples . Go watch 10 Years a Slave . Men get killed by enemiesAnd enslaved . That ' s what happened to those who lived or surrendered . It also happened to the boys and old men of the citynation who lost . Slavery was universal . If you were useful , you got put into chains . While it ' s easy for men to feel safe now that there is not a war on our home front , it has not suddenly become safe for women because we still live in the same kinds of places with family and friends and neighbors and strangers that have for millennia been our doom . Federal crime statistics says that I am four times more likely to be attacked than you are . I have no reason to feel safe if you ' re as worried for your safety as you are . Here ' s the difference , most men let probability determine their level of fear toward something I ' m not afraid of being struck by lightening , in spite of how horrendous the injuries can be , because it is an extremely rare occurrence . Many women not most , not all though , are conditioned to fear attack because of the injuries it may result in but have not had that conditioning tempered by probability . You see the what if as what will and your fear response acts accordingly . Unfortunately , that level of fear is not supported by the actual likelihood of an attack occurring .