Forgive me for putting a word into your mouth Alexa, you actually said "male company".
But if a woman is single (i.e. unmarried, and without a fiance or boyfriend), then what does male company refer to if not some kind of chaperone? A male friend, a male companion? Either way by insisting on "male company" (whatever term you choose to describe him) means you're saying a single woman shouldn't go out unaccompanied.
And then again, you suggested women don't go out without having "a guy you trust accompany you". For a single woman, who is this random guy? He's not a husband, he's not a fiance, he's not a boyfriend. Okay, so he may be a trusted friend, but as a companion, he's also a chaperone, an escort.
Either way, whatever you want to call him, however you wish to refer to him, you are saying that "any self respecting lady will either go with male company or will stay away from those places".
I appreciate that a woman might be subjected to unwanted attention, and it's wise to be careful, and to moderate one's behaviour, and to do things like -- as Gypsy says -- meet friends in the lobby first. [Thanks for that tip, Gypsy, that's a very useful compromise.] But there's a big difference between saying those women are going to get harrassed, and then saying that the women aren't self-respecting, as if they somehow bring it on themselves. It's possible to be self-respecting and subject to harassment.
I mean what happens if you go out to the supermarket by yourself or with your children, Alexa? I've read reports of women being harassed and touched in a supermarket. Would you define yourself as lacking in self-respect for going to the supermarket unaccompanied, if while there you were subject to unwelcome attention and if some man even touched you? I'm thinking you might be quite offended if another woman suggested you were rather shameless and lacking in self-respect for going to the supermarket by yourself, without a male companion.
And if you're now agreeing with Gypsy, Alexa, that it is acceptable for a single woman to go out by herself, but to meet friends in the lobby, then that's different to what you were saying earlier, when you were saying that women shouldn't go out without male company. So that isn't "exactly what [you] were referring to..." it's very different.
Forgive me for putting a word into your mouth Alexa, you actually said "male company".
But if a woman is single (i.e. unmarried, and without a fiance or boyfriend), then what does male company refer to if not some kind of chaperone? A male friend, a male companion? Either way by insisting on "male company" (whatever term you choose to describe him) means you're saying a single woman shouldn't go out unaccompanied.
And then again, you suggested women don't go out without having "a guy you trust accompany you". For a single woman, who is this random guy? He's not a husband, he's not a fiance, he's not a boyfriend. Okay, so he may be a trusted friend, but as a companion, he's also a chaperone, an escort.
Either way, whatever you want to call him, however you wish to refer to him, you are saying that "any self respecting lady will either go with male company or will stay away from those places".
I appreciate that a woman might be subjected to unwanted attention, and it's wise to be careful, and to moderate one's behaviour, and to do things like -- as Gypsy says -- meet friends in the lobby first. [Thanks for that tip, Gypsy, that's a very useful compromise.] But there's a big difference between saying those women are going to get harrassed, and then saying that the women aren't self-respecting, as if they somehow bring it on themselves. It's possible to be self-respecting and subject to harassment.
I mean what happens if you go out to the supermarket by yourself or with your children, Alexa? I've read reports of women being harassed and touched in a supermarket. Would you define yourself as lacking in self-respect for going to the supermarket unaccompanied, if while there you were subject to unwelcome attention and if some man even touched you? I'm thinking you might be quite offended if another woman suggested you were rather shameless and lacking in self-respect for going to the supermarket by yourself, without a male companion.
And if you're now agreeing with Gypsy, Alexa, that it is acceptable for a single woman to go out by herself, but to meet friends in the lobby, then that's different to what you were saying earlier, when you were saying that women shouldn't go out without male company. So that isn't "exactly what [you] were referring to..." it's very different.