Over at his substack, Bryan Caplan continues to give his rabid followers what they want: victimhood status. And an enemy to blame for all their failures - "feminists" who just won't admit that women have it so much better than men.
In the comment section, I asked, "Hey Bryan - over the course of their lives, how often will your daughter need to worry about her physical safety, compared to your sons?"
To which one of his acolytes said that Bryan's sons had to worry much more because men take dangerous jobs.
Yeesh.
I assume it is obvious that the regular possibility of assault or rape is different than any fear you might have from a job you choose to take. And not only do men choose jobs (the vast majority of which aren't unsafe) but they also aren't always at work.
And would you rather be in an accident at work or raped?
And of course, Professor Caplan's sons aren't going to be loggers or drillers. (I've only known one person who worked on an oil rig, and she loved the job and was never afraid.)
Finally, do men really feel fear when at work? I worked in a small-scale factory that, in retrospect, was pretty dangerous. And I moved a lot of heavy stuff as a stocker. But none of that is remotely comparable to being a woman in a world that celebrates Andrew Tate.
Of course, Bryan's substack project isn't about finding facts and trying to shift the world to create liberty and justice for all. No - Caplan's crying clan is just out to have a mutual pathetic pity party.
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Please let me know if the comment isn't welcome, but don't men and women face about the same amount of violent crime? I'm looking at the FBI's crime data explorer here:
https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend
If we scroll down to "All Violent Crime Offender vs. Victim Demographics" and click the "sex" tab, we see even gender ratios in each year.
All this being the case, what reason do women have to fear more for their safety more than men do? I'm aware that this is a culturally widespread belief, but I'm not sure what justifies it. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Thanks for your comment.
As a man, I've rarely felt uncomfortable or unsafe when in public. I don't worry about being alone with a male. I'd also rather be hit than raped, and girls and women are much more likely to be sexually assaulted.
The link you sent also shows men commit nearly all the crime.
Or to put it another way - men fight each other, and they attack women.
Optimally raising a son is different than optimally raising a daughter.
I agree, I also rarely feel unsafe in public or alone with men, but I guess I'm not sure if that lack of fear indicates greater material safety or not. If men fight each other, shouldn't we be, at the very least, afraid of confrontation with men?
On the other hand, there's the obvious comparison with race and crime. Even granting that men commit the majority of crime, I'm not sure if it's ethical to fear men in public, or to teach people to fear men, any more so than it's ethical to teach them to fear black men. There's probably some symmetry breaker here relating to the history of racism in western countries, but I'm not sure how it precisely connects back to the issue at hand.
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