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Nine out of ten women live in terror of attack NINE in ten young women are terrified of being attacked on the streets of Scotland. Most fear being raped, many have been followed and others report having their drinks spiked. They blame a country awash with booze and drugs and feel they are less safe than they were a decade ago. But the first Safety on the Streets study of 2000 women revealed three in four fail to take sufficient care when they have been drinking. Most are afraid of going on public transport late at night, yet just one per cent carry a personal alarm. Today's young women are as afraid of being beaten up by other girls as they are of being attacked by men. The survey shows that nearly all young women are terrified of being attacked when they are out on Britain's streets. More than nine in 10 fear a physical or verbal assault. It revealed they were regularly sworn at, others had their drinks spiked and many were followed by unwanted admirers. Scotland was considered to be among the most dangerous places, and most blamed a society fuelled by booze and drugs. A minority had been mugged or sexually assaulted. Some had been raped. But they were just as afraid of other women as they were of men - a third had been set upon by other girls. The survey, commissioned by More magazine, questioned 2000 women with an average age of 21 from across the UK. Its editor Donna Armstrong said: "Young women today want better standards of behaviour in society and they have a basic human right to be safe, regardless of whether they are wearing a short skirt." Nearly all the Scottish women who replied felt the streets were safer 10 years ago and most had been attacked or had witnessed violence on the streets. Most blamed booze and drugs for the change. Glasgow was named the fourth most dangerous city in Britain, after London, Birmingham and Manchester, while Edinburgh was named the second most dangerous place in Scotland and the ninth in the UK. Two-thirds said they had been followed on a night out and a quarter suffered memory loss after having their drinks spiked. But despite their fears, 71 per cent admitted forgetting about their safety altogether after a few drinks. And just one per cent carried a personal alarm with them at all times. Two in three women were so afraid of being attacked they did not feel safe walking around in daylight. And just 16 per cent felt the countryside was a safe place to walk alone. Nine in 10 wanted a bouncer on late-night buses and trains to protect them and others feared using taxis after a night out. Only 15 per cent admitted feeling safe on their local bus, while just one said they would willingly go to a train station after dark. And two-thirds were nervous about using private hire taxis and one in 10 claimed a driver made a pass at them. Most believed the police and the legal system were not doing enough to ensure their safety. Armstrong added: "Young women are taking precautions and doing their best to protect themselves but the law isn't doing enough to protect them. "Weak sentencing just doesn't work."

Public Comments

1. Wow. Nice to know we're not alone in the U.S.
2. HMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! have you ever met a true scottish lass ? Xxx its soooo not true im scottish and PROUD to be what iam ! XXX ok waiting on the thumbs down :O
3. I've been too Scotland and found it perfectly safe!
4. sadly, isn't it like that almost anywhere in the world now?
5. You describe a typical scenario in most cities around Europe. Welcome to the real world .. you had been missed!
6. well, free yourself. go back to england, and tell them there that scotland's daughters and her sons are yours no more. tell them, scotland is FREE!!!!!!!!!!
7. Good. I take it we won't be seeing you in Glasgow then!
8. plumbs to that bud i have lived in glasgow all my life and it aint that bad . sure it can be violent but that usually involves males . as for 9 out of 10 being terrified bollocks have you ever met a scottish girl in my experience most of em could hold their own against these sickos. we also have safe night zones where women and men can safely get a bus or a taxi. i dont know where u got this info cos believe me its nonsense
9. more bnp crap try to get members up here now look at his questions 11 of them all immigration
10. Perhaps the majority of respondents to this survey felt they had a point to make. Do crime figures match these claims? When you say that Glasgow and Edinburgh are the least safe places in Scotland do you base this on survey results or actual statistics? Do you break down crime into categories or just lump the 'stolen bicycles' in with the 'assault on lone female' type crime? Manchester for instance is number three in the UK based solely on the use of guns in the south of the city. How many people does this actually affect? I know from experience that closing time in my local country market town is just as harrowing an experience as it is for me in my home town of Leeds. A drunk is a drunk wherever they are. The prospect of assault is what affects most people and this is likely to be greater when in an area known as a 'trouble spot.' Best advice for male and female is to stay away from drunks!
11. And this in a country with the highest proportion of CCTV surveilance cameras per capita in the world. So if they don't make us any safer - what is their use?
12. The climate of fear in both Scotland and England has been created by the media, press and TV. They need exciting and dangerous stories to report. No news is good news. So the media stir up all manner of fear in the people. They know perfectly well that our streets are in the main quite safe, but generate fear by going on endlessly about who got shot dead on a street near you last night or this morning. I was born in 1941 and I can confirm that the streets of London were far more dangerous then than ever they are today. Why? Well the main problem was the Luftwaffe which kept coming over at night and dropping bombs on or near where I lived. In addition there were marauding gangs of looters who robbed the bombed shops and houses while air raids were in progress. Even the London Bobby on the beat kept well clear of these gangs, mostly made up of gangsters and deserters, many of them armed. Fear ye not. Scotland is a highly civilized country and the people there will soon come to their senses when they realize they're just being used by the media and the powers that be. So long as the people fight amongst themselves, the greedy businessmen and politicos can carry on with their corrupt activities. Keep watching the screens. If you want to change things, start screaming at your government, not each other.
13. 1) You don't live in Scotland. 2) You are not female. 3) I wouldn't consider a cheap magazine like 'More' a reliable source. 4) I feel safe where I am when going out. It's probably because there are fewer BNP members per capita where I live.
14. What exactly is your question? Any fool can cut and paste rubbish here, what is your source of information?
15. I might be wrong but i think part of the problem is bag pipes,if you hear them long enough it would turn any sane man violent.Why do they have to be pre tuned from factory to play bloody AMAZING GRACE?
16. Move to England, half of Scotlands already here, just look how many Scots are in Parliament.
17. Well I live in Scotland and so why is it that I pay less than anywhere else for my house and car insurance? I can assure you I would not like to tackle a Scots lass in the street as I would come off worst Don't believe everything in newspapers ect its simply not true! I still know of some people up hear in Scotland who do not lock their doors and many of our churches remain open We all feel safe here and on a trip to England it was like the Bronx with no go areas at night something unheard off in Scotland!