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When do women have the right to kill in self defense? (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Eccentric@sh.itjust.works to c/longreads@sh.itjust.works

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

Regardless of your gender, you may kill in self defense if it's the only way. If you can easily defend yourself without killing them, that's preferable. And if you can avoid the need to defend yourself in the first place, by living in a place where you're unlikely to be attacked, even better.