#mary dickson

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A woman's worst nightmare? That's pretty easy. Novelist Margaret Atwood writes that when she asked a male friend why men feel threatened by women, he answered, "They are afraid women will laugh at them." When she asked a group of women why they feel threatened by men, they said, "We're afraid of being killed."

Mary Dickson, A Woman's Worst Nightmare

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"Lots of Men Are Glad One Woman is Gone," a recent newspaper headline announced. "Some men believe Stephanie Dawn Kirk is their worst nightmare come true," the article by a Salt Lake City writer began.

What had she done to strike terror in men? She had never physically hurt any of the men mentioned in the article. What she had done, they claimed, is to falsely accuse them of raping or beating her.

I don't mean to underplay men's fears or this woman's damaging accusations. But what this story underscored for me was the very different way that men and women perceive their own safety.

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If you ask a woman what she is afraid of and what she does to protect herself, she'll give you a list of specifics. Ask a man the same question, and he might not understand what you mean.

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MARCH 6, #onthisday in 1993 (22 years ago): Mary Dickson, March 6, 1993. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images). @gettyimagesarchive More photos at http://www.projectgado.org/depthoffield

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God Blessed These Twin Sisters In A Truly Remarkable Way

God Blessed These Twin Sisters In A Truly Remarkable Way

Twin sisters, Martha Dixon and Mary Dickson, left this world the same way they came in — together. As rare as it is to have twin sisters, it is even more unique to have twin sisters die 2 hours and 15 minutes apart. Sisters that had been at each others side throughout their 90 years, both passed away on Christmas Day.

Martha and Mary were born on September 26th, 1924, in Bear Springs Tennessee.…

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As women, we know there are some things we cannot -- or rather, should not -- do, some places we should not go. We've seen the movies, we've read the articles, we know the statistics. The media is our collective storyteller and the story it tells us over and over again is that there is no safe place -- not on the roads where we drive, on the streets where we walk, not even in the house where we live. We feel at risk because we are.

Novelist Margaret Atwood writes that when she asked a male friend why men feel threatened by women, he answered, "They are afraid women will laugh at them." When she asked a group of women why they feel threatened by men, they said, "We're afraid of being killed."

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Novelist Margaret Atwood writes that when she asked a male friend why men feel threatened by women, he answered, "They are afraid women will laugh at them." When she asked a group of women why they feel threatened by men, they said, "We're afraid of being killed."

Mary Dickson

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