# Women are the fairer sex. Your opinions? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 31, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-are-the-fairer-sex-your-opinions/558938 "2010-10-31T00:07:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 81
**Author:** ![Redpill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Redpill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redpill)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-are-the-fairer-sex-your-opinions/558938/81 "2010-11-01T16:58:42Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I have the same physique pretty much that I did when I was 14, even though almost 20 years have passed. A guy could overtake me as easily now as he could back then. So essentially what this guy was saying was that _I_ shouldn’t be walking the streets either. And he wasn’t citing facts to back his assertion, but harkening back to the olden times when a woman’s “virture” was the only thing that mattered about her. Apparently it’s alright for him to play intense sports and live in constant pain because of jacked-up hips and legs, but women can’t even think about taking the risk of walking down the street because OMG!? They could be RAPED!!! Why would he focus so much on rape? That’s craziness! > > And you’re saying you wouldn’t be offended by this argument, if you were me? Now you are mixing up two things: Playing sports and going out alone at night. Going out alone _is_ more risky for women. Do you not think so? Not all women are at equal risk of being raped, thus one could consider the warning a compliment instead of being offended. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-are-the-fairer-sex-your-opinions/558938)._