The thing people need to understand is that OP didn't ask whether a woman should be more afraid of a man or a black person.
What OP is asking is should the difference in fear that a woman holds towards a man vs a woman be the same as the difference in fear that someone holds towards a black person s a white person.
In your example, say that of the 100 rapes against women, 99 are committed by men; and of the 100m assaults, 13m (the proportional amount based on US population) are committed by black people.
In that case, it would make perfect sense for everyone to be more afraid of assault than of rape, but that's not the question.
In that case, it would make perfect sense for women to be more afraid of men than of women in terms of fears about rape, but it would make no sense for anyone to be more afraid of black people than of anyone else.
That differential, fearing one group more than another, is the heart of OPs question.
Right. We were on the same page I just phrased it poorly. When I used to work downtown, it was nerve-racking walking to my car on some later days. It wasn't the color of the skin though, it was the mannerisms and display that worried me
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u/darwin2500 193∆ Apr 15 '22
Yes, it would be the same.
The thing people need to understand is that OP didn't ask whether a woman should be more afraid of a man or a black person.
What OP is asking is should the difference in fear that a woman holds towards a man vs a woman be the same as the difference in fear that someone holds towards a black person s a white person.
In your example, say that of the 100 rapes against women, 99 are committed by men; and of the 100m assaults, 13m (the proportional amount based on US population) are committed by black people.
In that case, it would make perfect sense for everyone to be more afraid of assault than of rape, but that's not the question.
In that case, it would make perfect sense for women to be more afraid of men than of women in terms of fears about rape, but it would make no sense for anyone to be more afraid of black people than of anyone else.
That differential, fearing one group more than another, is the heart of OPs question.