"Living in a female body is risky. Men experience a degree of privilege, and the first privilege is safety. When you walk into a room. A bar. When you walk down the street. When you travel in a foreign country." I walked alone at night for more than a year and even after my Dad caught me returning in the small hours. I was careful to duck out of sight if I saw someone—I was aware that what I was doing was dangerous... it was more dangerous at the UW while Ted Bundy was killing women who looked like me. Even now, I find that men fail to appreciate the dangers in my day-to-day experience as a small woman.
"Living in a female body is risky. Men experience a degree of privilege, and the first privilege is safety. When you walk into a room. A bar. When you walk down the street. When you travel in a foreign country." I walked alone at night for more than a year and even after my Dad caught me returning in the small hours. I was careful to duck out of sight if I saw someone—I was aware that what I was doing was dangerous... it was more dangerous at the UW while Ted Bundy was killing women who looked like me. Even now, I find that men fail to appreciate the dangers in my day-to-day experience as a small woman.