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That sucks that it's got to the point you feel like you need it but to be honest even just as a deterrent (even if you or others think it looks goofy to wear one) would be WELL worth it to wear one. I don't think it requires outside validation for that.
Yea, I'm not super young but definitely not old, but this makes probably the 15th or 16th time I've dealt with such incidences. If people were more likely to be vocal about it and reprimand their behavior publicly, I'd feel safer. But no one ever has. And many of those incidences have involved stated death threats. This doesn't include aggressions when I'm in a group of peers either. Of course when I'm with them, they all have my back. But alone? Nah.
I wish i could say this was all just my time in the bible belt, but this has happened in large, blue cities where I'd hoped I'd have more community support. This last incident was one of those cities.