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In reply to the discussion: Mayor of Cologne says women should have code of conduct to prevent future assault [View all]24601
(3,962 posts)to walk the street at night, taking away the right to be there may stop a rape on the street but doesn't fix the problem of being able to walk the street at night. It is one form of trading freedom for security and doesn't address identifying and stopping a rapist who could move to a different time or place.
While police could step up presence and enforcement, they just aren't everywhere all the time and very often can't prevent a crime.
If only there was something, perhaps a portable device that would compensate for the average woman's physical disadvantage, that a woman could carry and employ in order to deter rapists or, when deterrence fails, defeat one.
No doubt there will be resistance here to the idea of permitting women (and men) defend themselves from criminals, including rapists.