Do I Think About Rape Too Much?

Why are women more afraid of violence from strangers on the street when – statistically speaking – home is the place where they’re most unsafe? Ash Sarkar takes a look at how rational fears are used to justify irrational policy decisions, and what we miss when we talk about ‘rape culture’.

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