Re: America is one sick place!
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Seriously! It’s easy to pull out random news items and gloat over how “sick” America is, but the ground reality is that this country is safer for women. I’ve lived as a single woman in various places in the US.. from a bustling metropolis to a small rural town, and never have I felt threatened or been harassed for being a woman. How many single women in Pakistan (or India) can say that?
No one is claiming that the US is crime-free. Of course not! But we live here with the reassurance of a good first-response system (911), support networks (shelters for women, homeless, helplines), a decent legal system, and most importantly, public support and sympathy for the victim of such crimes.