One of the most important books I have read in the last 30 years is:

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
https://www.goodreads.com › 56465.The_Gift_of_Fear
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker tells us how to tune into the body's natural awareness (a subconscious intuition for danger that is hard-wired into our ...

Everyone needs to read it.

And every parent needs to pay heed to how they are raising their sons. I was totally conscious the whole time my two sons were growing up that I wanted to raise them in such a way that no woman would come back at me and tell me "what a lousy job" I did. Part of my "job" was getting them away from a father who abused two wives. Of course it helped that my Dad had raised me to be strong and independent. And our social circle included very good men - good role models in the pre and early teens.

Does every woman have this option? Why not?