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Isabel Webster says what you're thinking

- By Isabel Webster

DO YOU FEEL SAFE?

Have you ever had that moment, after dark, when your skin bristles and you feel cold, hard fear flooding in? When you think someone might be close behind you? Of course you have - 82% of women, according to the UK Statistics Authority, have reported feeling unsafe after dark. I asked my closest girlfriends if they feel safe at night. Given that almost all of us had tales of men leering, flashing, or masturbating at us in broad daylight, the answer was a resounding no.