• superkret@feddit.org
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    Way too many people believe you’re going to get robbed, kidnapped, or killed 100% if you ever travel outside US-allied nations.

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      Women should be concerned (at least when traveling alone through the middle east/Africa/India). Guys, not as much.

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        And Europe. Tate went to Romania specifically for lax sex crime laws and enforcement.

        Gendered violence occurs everywhere. More likely by right extremists and areas with them. You are just unlikely to hear about any near you unless it is particularly egregious.

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      The only bad thing that happened to them on the way was diarrhea - which sucks, but after a few days’ stop at a pakistani hospital (one guy lost too much liquid and had to get an infusion) they continued happily.