The Cost of Fear
Why Most Safety Advice Is Sexist and How We Can Stop Gender-Based Violence
Meg Stone
- **A
- violence
- prevention
- expert
- helps
- targets
- of
- gender-based
- violence
- discern
- fact
- from
- fiction
- around
- what
- keeps
- us
- safe
- and
- support
- social
- changePersonal
- safety
- shouldn’t
- mean
- living
- in
- fear,
- nor
- should
- it
- come
- at
- the
- expense
- of
- political
- progress.**Questionable
- advice
- to
- avoid
- violence,
- like
- “don’t
- go
- shopping
- alone,”
- comes
- mostly
- from
- the
- police
- or
- other
- men
- in
- authority.
- But
- gender-based
- violence
- is
- often
- enacted
- in
- the
- most
- intimate
- spheres
- of
- our
- lives,
- not
- when
- we’re
- out
- grocery
- shopping.
- To
- stop
- this
- violence,
- we
- need
- strategies
- that
- are
- just
- as
- intimate.In
- The
- Cost
- of
- Fear,
- nationally
- recognized
- violence
- prevention
- expert
- Meg
- Stone
- helps
- readers
- separate
- fact
- from
- fiction.
- It’s
- full
- of
- practical,
- research-based
- strategies
- that
- readers
- can
- use
- to
- keep
- themselves
- and
- their
- communities
- safer.
- Increased
- safety
- comes
- from
- developing
- the
- skills
- to
- resist
- coercive
- control,
- especially
- from
- people
- we
- know
- or
- people
- in
- authority,
- not
- from
- complying
- with
- rigid
- rules
- or
- avoiding
- homeless
- people
- on
- the
- street.This
- deeply
- researched
- book
- draws
- timely
- connections
- between
- personal
- safety
- and
- political
- change—from
- Latina
- organizers
- in
- California
- working
- to
- stop
- sexual
- violence
- against
- night
- shift
- janitorial
- workers
- to
- teenage
- girls
- who
- call
- out
- double
- standards.Work
- to
- change
- laws
- and
- change
- people’s
- minds
- is
- essential,
- but
- without
- practical
- strategies,
- the
- change
- is
- incomplete.
- The
- Cost
- of
- Fear
- will
- show
- us
- how
- we
- can
- make
- safety
- choices
- that
- expand
- our
- worlds
- and
- contribute
- to
- the
- fight
- for
- social justice.
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