Yes I am male. I’m not sure how that (or “lived reality”) alters my right to express a view on the *fact* that I’m more likely to be attacked on the streets than you are as a woman?
Again, rape and sexual assault are
overwhelmingly committed by people who are known the to the victim, rather than strangers.
Find out about sexual assault and rape, where to get help and whether it has to be reported to the police, plus how to find a sexual assault referral centre.
www.nhs.uk
Oh wow this conversation is really happening isn't it?
Guessing you've never handled statistics either. These soundbites you've provided don't prove very much at all. It's certainly not a *fact*.
Most violence against men is committed by people known to them, so you're not comparing like for like here. According to the 2018 CSEW stats that you linked me to, there were 542,000 incidents of stranger violence against people of all genders that year. Only 21% of that took place on the streets or public places. I can't find a breakdown of that between genders but there's no evidence to back up this "fact" that men are at more risk than women of non-sexual street violence.
Even if they were though there are more incidences of rape and sexual assault reported to the police as having been committed against women than the total number of incidents of stranger violence on the streets against men
and women.
About in ten cases of rape or sexual assault takes place in the street, in a park or other public place, and in these cases it is overwhelmingly committed by a stranger, and in all but a handful of cases against women. Given that there are 1.6 Million cases of rape or sexual assault there are at minimum around 160,000 incidents of this type a year. That number is considered a significant underestimate since most cases go unreported, we're probably talking about a far far larger number.
Incidents of sexual harassment, groping are so prevalent that they often aren't recorded. There are no crime stats available for them and it's rarely recorded. But 7 in 10 women, and 9 in 10 young women report being harassed. While I don't have the figures the number of men reporting harassment on the street is far lower.
I wish this myth that the risk to women is overstated would die. It's plainly not true and it's usually presented by people who have a chip in their shoulder or want to downplay violence against women.
Information from the Crime Survey for England and Wales on the amount, type and nature of sexual assault by rape or penetration (including attempts) experienced since the age of 16 years.
www.ons.gov.uk
A summary of violent crime from the year ending March 2018 Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.
www.ons.gov.uk
The deaths of Sarah Everard, Sabina Nessa, and others have highlighted the dangers women face in Britain.
www.bbc.co.uk