Ok. Let's try from a different view point. I work in Iraq, the rules when travelling between sites is I should be wearing a flak jacket and travel in an armoured car. This is a good rule, it is there for my safety. But I don't have to do it, really. I could take a cab, I know there are risks, just the nature of the environment and society I work in.
Now say I take that cab and it gets hit by an IED.
Would you guys not think "what an idiot, why didn't he just take the normal transport?"
Well it's because I chose to accept the risks involved and unfortunately there are predators in the society I live/work in and I paid a terrible consequence.
Now the hook here is, that same IED could have gone off by my armoured car with my flak jacket on. And I would probably have a much higher rate of survival. I would probably still be injured and possibly mortally, but my chances are better with the safer mode of transport.
This, is what I think about when I hear stories about women and men going out and putting themselves in a position that something bad may happen (rape, stabbed, what have you). It is your choice to put yourself in those situations, there is danger inherent in our lifestyles.
Would it not be better to mitigate those dangers as much as you can?
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