I feel like this is more of a normie problem not a woman thing. But I still feel it’s worth discussion.
My past exes have all been horrible at understanding risk and safety when it comes to violence or nature.
Examples:
In Colorado Springs she did not want my Glock on the nightstand.
In the backwoods in Colorado I almost hit a woman for the first time. She was taking fish she had caught back to our TENT. That is how you get eaten by bears. When I explained this she started giving me lip and saying she didn’t see any bears that day.
But still I think it’s a normie problem and a problem with people just not understanding risk in general. Not necessarily a woman problem.
I would agree with you about the normie problem bit, speaking as a woman that (hopefully!) has better risk assessment than some other examples in this thread. A great deal of woman in the first world have been brought up their entire lives knowing that they are safe. Unfortunately, they simply assume that they will continue to be safe no matter where they go and what they do. They’ve always or almost always been safe, so they will always be safe. It’s a hellish confirmation bias. This is a fairly gender neutral problem, but women are more protected societally than men and tend to feel this more strongly.
The second thing is what I like to call demonization of masculinity. Many women believe consciously or subconsciously that the greatest threat to their safety is men. Even if they don’t believe this, many women do not take correction from men well, especially if it’s presented in a ‘rougher’ way. I have personally seen women ignore excellent advice because it wasn’t told to them politely (still not sure why politeness matters that much, myself).
The third thing is empowerment taken too far. Women are told they can do anything- which is only true within limits. You can’t hike the Grand Canyon in August with only half a gallon of water, for example (yes, this actually happened; yes, these women are unfortunately dead). Women, especially inexperienced women, tend to believe they’re stronger and more capable than they actually are. This does also happen to men, but in men it’s more a personal ego issue and less backed up by culture. Many women don’t exercise in co-ed gyms, so they don’t see how much stronger men are and resent any reference to it (gender segregated sports leagues, firearms as equalizers, etc). It’s un-feminist to be told you can’t do something and accept it, in a lot of women’s minds. This isn’t even going into the cultural lack of boundaries for women. Essentially, there’s a lot of otherwise responsible women in the world that don’t like to be told no.
I will say that many women do have excellent or even oversensitive risk accessment when it comes to men they don’t like or feel ambiguously about. This does not apply when it’s a man they do like. It’s very frustrating to be party to.
