Doesn’t matter how often it happens, the fear can be there.
Take violence for an example. Violent crime has steadily fallen since 1993, yet people seem more scared of it than ever with the 24/7 news doom and gloom cycle’s “if it bleeds it leads” paradigm. Moreover most violent crime by strangers is male on male, most often when women are attacked it’s someone they know, friends, family, partner, yet still women seem more scared and distrusting than ever of an unknown man (while often still assuming the ones more likely to actually do something are “one of the good ones” no less).
Basically, often fears don’t line up with reality. Like, I’m scared of flying, apparently I’m dumb for that, but idgaf, “flying still scary.”
Doesn’t matter how often it happens, the fear can be there.
Take violence for an example. Violent crime has steadily fallen since 1993, yet people seem more scared of it than ever with the 24/7 news doom and gloom cycle’s “if it bleeds it leads” paradigm. Moreover most violent crime by strangers is male on male, most often when women are attacked it’s someone they know, friends, family, partner, yet still women seem more scared and distrusting than ever of an unknown man (while often still assuming the ones more likely to actually do something are “one of the good ones” no less).
Basically, often fears don’t line up with reality. Like, I’m scared of flying, apparently I’m dumb for that, but idgaf, “flying still scary.”