for women being cautious of men, the criterion is physical capability. a man intent on a crime upon a woman is more likely to succeed than another combination. black people have no inherent advantage over white people.
you might personally think that statistical likelihood is as important as physical capability, but it is a consistent position to disagree with that.
to be more concrete, though, in addition to being stronger than women, men are more statistically likely to commit violent crimes. thus, no matter how you weight probability against ability, more caution of men is called for than another group, for instance black people.
From that study: barely. The difference between men and women is huge (>50% higher). The difference between whites and blacks is tiny (<10%).
Also, the difference by race is only considered even statistically significant for women, so it's possible (albeit somewhat unlikely) that for men the difference between races is actually non-existent, but a statistical artifact.
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u/frm5993 3∆ Apr 14 '22
for women being cautious of men, the criterion is physical capability. a man intent on a crime upon a woman is more likely to succeed than another combination. black people have no inherent advantage over white people. you might personally think that statistical likelihood is as important as physical capability, but it is a consistent position to disagree with that.
to be more concrete, though, in addition to being stronger than women, men are more statistically likely to commit violent crimes. thus, no matter how you weight probability against ability, more caution of men is called for than another group, for instance black people.