second lets break down the 1 in 1 million cookies
I know that the 1 in 1 million is not the exact statistic of murder-capable psychopaths to normal people
but consider this
if you ate one cookie a day, it would take over a thousand years for your chance of biting into the cyanide cookie to double. That is, for the probability to go from 0.000001 to 0.000002 - 1 in 1 million to 1 in 500,000.
Here's some other things that are 'one in a million'.
of course, each time you eat a cookie the chance gets slightly higher, but still. This is one cookie a day. Turn the cookies into men and the rate at which you are going to 'bite a cookie' dwindles.
now, from a quick google search I've found the statistic that the amount of people who die through domestic abuse in the US isabout 1,300. 2.5million people die in the US each year, roughly. Of these, 50,000 die of the flu. 120,000 of accidents. Many more from heart disease. Domestic Violence deaths account for a whopping 0.052% of the total deaths per year. 2% die from the flu, by comparison. Sure, it's a terrible thing and that percentage should really be zero, but still. Perspective.
I really do wish for a world where I can walk alone at 10pm at night, and not fear getting assaulted. I really do wish for a world where I could reject a man by simply saying 'I don't find you attractive,' instead of fearing his reaction and instead saying 'I have a boyfriend.'
hey guess what? you can do those things.
Do you really think that if you tell someone they're unattractive they'll go commit mass murder? Do you really think that every time you leave the house at 10pm you are going to get assaulted by someone?
There's a difference between being safe and being too safe.
so sure go ahead and distrust every man you meet. Just know that you are being way, way too cautious. Hell, you do things that could potentially kill you all the time. It's just that, like this, the chances are so insignificant it shouldn't bother you.
out of curiousity, what would it take for a man to become trustworthy in your eyes?