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Cool! I'll give you a Bahia worm lizard (Leposternon polystegum)

However, if you take precautions interacting with strange men in the woods, those men will be offended and act like you're a paranoid bitch, but if you don't keep them at a distance and you get assaulted, people will still blame you for having been out there at all.

thaaaaat's gonna be a [[citation needed]] from me cause uh. pretty sure way more men than that have been in a situation where they could have assaulted someone

It seems really similar to the facebook posts where people are like "some random person at walmart is trying to kidnap your kids into human trafficking! Stay vigilant!" and stuff like that where people get themselves into this nightmare world of their own making where every person that acts weird or in a way they don't understand, or looks "scary" is part of some sinister network trying to abduct and rape them.

And this can be harmful to other people for instance remember that woman that called the cops on a black guy in central park because he was birdwatching? Or someone seeing a black kid in a hoodie and deciding he's a "criminal" because they felt "unsafe." Or seeing a person speak a language not english or wearing clothes that are unfamiliar or just going out jogging while not being white.

sometimes people have been taught by media and relatives and friends that "a certain kind" of people is more dangerous (even subconsciously) and they feel this subconscious fear that has been shaped by all kinds of messages including racism, classism transphobia homophobia xenophobia etc. and they are told "it's your trauma, it's valid you feel that way" and "it's your instinct detecting an unsafe situation, you should trust it" but it has these prejudices in it.

And it tells women that it's not safe for them to be outside alone, in other words, to have independence—it's an idea that women are so weak and vulnerable that they can't do things (like go hiking) on their own, which really restricts the freedom of women

Also being afraid of "strangers" or people you don't know, does not protect people from abuse in real life it actually encourages it. Abusive situations like cults or controlling relationships commonly encourage people to think "people outside are dangerous and only want to harm you, you have to be afraid of them" because it makes it harder for them to leave.

In the christofascist ideology that is spreading over many parts of the world, the idea is that men are inherently sexually domineering and lustful and the best they can do is channel this into owning and dominating a woman in a "Godly" marriage. conservative and regressive ideas fully agree that men are inherently predatory and cannot control themselves around women, and they think it can't change because this is the nature of a man, however they think the solution is that women should be property and men's personal sex toys. And part of it is the message to women, "You can't do anything on your own because the Bad men will Get you, at least i'm a Good man that can protect you" so they are encouraged to stay at home and be totally under the control of these dominating and abusive (but superficially 'nice' and 'godly' men) because the scary strangers will Get you

Statistically, most people are harmed by someone they know. How many people do you know who have been attacked by random hikers and how many have been attacked by their friends, boyfriends, husbands, and fathers? There are some men that make me nervous as a woman and they're not the ones I pass on trails in the woods.

(Also if a bear passed me I think I would shit myself tbh)

If I made it for myself and I had fun doing it then it was a $20 dress. I spent very little money and I enjoyed the process. It's a different thing if I plan on selling it.

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A pine marten (Martes martes) and a sable (Martes zibellina) photographed in Russia's Vishera Nature Reserve in the Ural Mountains, where the range of both species overlaps.