Kind of unfortunate, that even here on lemmy most comments immediately flip to "but as a man I also feel scared". True, but it's not what this study is about. Maybe in 2026 we can try to just read something like this and take it as a prompt that, maybe, some things are not about us. Maybe we should do something about catcalling. We can talk about violence against men and loneliness at a different occasion.
Living in Japan, the country famous for being completely safe for everyone, this gap recently became clearer to me. As it turns out, when people talk about safety in Japan, they primarily mean that you won't be beaten up and nobody steals your wallet. But there are so many weird creeps around here. I'm really quite happy I don't live here as a woman.