I’m not saying they’re exactly the same, I used that as an example to illustrate my point that it’s not cool to disregard people’s fears just because they don’t meet your personal criteria for a “justifiable” fear. It’s not relevant whether you think a fear is justified or not. The need for structural solutions doesn’t absolve us of the responsibility to attempt to do right by the people around us, and based on conversations with the women in my life and lots of comments in this thread, a whole, whole lot of the people around us share this fear. No one’s asking you to do a Monty Python sketch, just to take your impact on another person into account when moving around the world. I don’t think it’s a big ask, honestly