If you’re talking about a specific person, I don’t have a problem with whatever they decided to do to feel safe. But I was talking about a specific comment above, made by a man, which was assuming that the only real solution for women is to carry a gun so they wouldn’t get raped. Considering the vast majority of rapes aren’t some guy breaking into their house or jumping out of the bushes, it’s not a silver bullet solution. To assume if we just carry a gun we’ll be safe from rapes is basically victim blaming, that it’s our fault for not doing enough to stop rape from happening. It has nothing to do with an individual choice, it’s about someone just saying “if I were a woman I’d never ever get raped, cause I’d just have a gun at all times.” How does that help when it’s someone you know and have some trust with?
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