I suffer from a very dramatic and debilitating fear of being along after dark. A fear which I am convinced has been cast upon me by socially constructed misconceptions. In fact, I believe it is one of the few things that both the news and Hollywood conflate on a regular basis. It is almost certain that a women home alone at night will either be raped and/or murdered; or is certainly single which ultimately means depressed and pining away for Mr. Right - which is portrayed in an equally horrific light. Instead of fulfilling the purpose of warning women with the dangers of solo activity and arming them with the knowledge of how to maintain a secure environment, media is actually inflicting an irrational fear of the dark onto them, myself included. Although, obviously some locations present an added threat, statistically speaking living in a constant pattern of fear is unnecessary.
I wonder if the propensity of these story lines are sponsored by alarm companies..
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