[cristianpascu]

Have you ever considered things that men have to deal with and are not being able to put them in terms of 'being male in the X industry/community/field"?

This is not to minimize anything a woman has to go through, but let's, at least, not compare as if it's on equal terms. If we're able to talk about women issues at all, isn't that because women and men are different? Why compare it so easily and uni-dimensionally?

BTW, what about cases where a woman approaches a man about a technical matter, but with a _romantinc_ interest? Where's the real danger in that? We, as grown ups, should have the tools to dismiss politely romantic interests. It's the same case between men and men/women, as it is between women and women/men. It's part of life. The expression 'unwanted advances' is by far the craziest accusation one could make to a person. Man or woman.

[linkmotif]

A man worries a woman won’t like him. A woman worries a man will kill her.

[kentrado]

Geez, men are a bunch killers. Why can they be more like women?

[megaman22]

The chances of that happening with your typical Dilbertian white male software engineer are vanishingly small.

[linkmotif]

And then there is reality: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/07/homicides..., etc.

[LeifCarrotson]

The parent said that the chances of that happening are vanishingly small. Your source (and your source's source: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6628a1.htm) support that statement:

> The CDC analyzed the murders of women in 18 states from 2003 to 2014, finding a total of 10,018 deaths.

> The overall age-adjusted homicide rate was 2.0 per 100,000 women.

18 states, tens of millions of people, and an inconceivably small number of homicides in reality. The overwhelming majority of women are not murdered by men, but live a long life and die of heart disease, cancer, or other old-age diseases.

Even when you only consider the age range in question - call it 18-64 - the leading causes of death are still unintentional injuries, cancer, heart disease, and suicide: https://www.cdc.gov/women/lcod/2014/all-females/index.htm There is a spike in homicides up to a staggering 7% of all deaths for the 15-24 age group, but that's only because young women almost never die, there's little real danger but an awful lot of fear surrounding this topic.

[linkmotif]

Yes most people die of natural causes.

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Lisa Nowak