[Grizzlie Antagonist]

Aw, bless your bleeding heart, Le Duc Soup.

So you think that a false sense of security will help a woman on the street.

Have you ever interviewed a sexual offender, Le Duc Soup? Did you ever ask him WHY he wouldn't bother a "confident" woman?

Did any sexual offender ever tell you (or anyone else), "Well, I'm a pussy, and a confident woman would kick my ass"?

It's not a new idea, but I don't think that there's the slightest basis in fact for the notion that a "confident" woman deters aggression by virtue of her "confidence". I think people who say that are starting with a PC conclusion and working backwards. I think that the idea is gender-melding anti-male PC crap.

[ThanhPhero]

A woman who is confident and looks confident is much less likely to be attacked on the street simply because the rapist/mugger/whatever is not in that business for the thrill of risk and danger. He will choose a softer looking target.

As you certainly saw in my reply I wrote also that carrying a piece is the gold standard. And if she is carrying, the head up striding look of confidence will make it much less likely that she will have to use her weapon. Where your bitterly curled lip originates I cannot guess unless you are a mugger/rapist/whatever who feels I am trying to make your career more difficult.