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Originally Posted by sempuki
Someone already posted how much more likely women are to be victims of sexual violence. Being female is relevant. Apparently it's white knighting to think it's creepy to sneak up on a woman alone in a car at 2am with a squad of your drunk friends.
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That's just the sort of argument that was historically used to keep women out of the police, the military, and jobs like security guards. Women are more vulnerable. We shouldn't expose them to danger.
What Matthews and his pals did was idiotic and obnoxious. It should make anyone question his judgement and his maturity - he's a public figure, not some random frat boy. He's earned enormous wealth and status, and in exchange he has to live his life under more scrutiny and higher standards than other 22 year old jocks. That's the tradeoff.
However, the gender of the security guard should be irrelevant. If she's fragile due to PTSD, then she's in the wrong job. If women really are more vulnerable than men, and if we have a collective duty to protect them, then we need to rethink putting them at risk in jobs where they're liable to find themselves in potentially dangerous situations with bad men. Personally, I give the women who choose to do those jobs more credit than that.