For decades now, Americans have worried about the mean, nasty, dangerous streets of our cities. Dangerous places to be. Dangerous people to flee from.
So let’s see about that, shall we?
In a typical year, America sees 15,000 murders, 90,000 rapes, 400,000 robberies, and 800,000 aggravated assaults.
And 3,500,000 domestic assaults.
In other words, a woman is much more likely to be attacked in the house, than out of the house. She may actually be safer outside than inside. That’s one reason why 200,000 homeless women and children in America aren’t really homeless – they just sleep in the streets because it’s less dangerous than being home with the abuser.
Or, to put it simply, the most dangerous place for a woman is home, and the most dangerous person is her husband or boyfriend.
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