Men's Group

&quot men are disadvantaged in society) is a patently absurd belief"

The perceptions are reinforced by endless repetition of gut feeling. So much so that the very measuring of "cold hard facts" is offensive.

I fail to see why the fact that he's more likely to shoot the brother than the sister should elicit a greater base level of fear from the sister.

Here's my theory. The patriarchy holds women's lives in greater value. (e.g. the names on the Vietnam wall) so threats to women's lives are therefore taken more seriously (e.g. more funding for breast cancer research). Therefore, the threats that face women are overestimated and sensationalized because that is the news people want to read about.

Base level wariness is a belief system actively looking for confirmation, and the direct result of patriarchy.

... but not the way the conventional wisdom thinks it is.