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Message: <blockquote data-quote="selkie" data-source="post: 1602497" data-attributes="member: 65658">Colin- I wasn't trying to say that men have no risks from the hobby. I was just wondering if other women had concerns. however, I think if i were going to start the topic again it would be a more general question ie - does anyone worry about safety when out birding?JTweedie = i think it would be interesting to see these victim figures broken down more Women seem to be  more at risk for certain types of violence by people they know even vaguely  eg domestic violence and acquaintence violence [including sexual assault] and this may  have an impact on how women in general percieve crime statistics even though they may be less at risk from completely random violence from strangers [I have also read that this risk  is strongly linked with age in men -=so relative risk from random violence at age 17 is likely to be different from risk at age 35].I have avoided  violence by complete strangers several times but semi aquaintences  have been another story for me and for many of my friends.So i don't think the statistics tell the full story. ColonelBlimp = those manfrotto heads really look the business as potential weapons. As far as relative expense of equipment is concerned , I certainly go out with less gear and less expensive items than other folk i know who are male.  I could take a slr and lenses with me - as my husband has an unused D40 and loads of Nikon lenses but i choose to take a bridge camera and  a lightweight cheap scopeI'm not sure that neds are very aware of the value of photographic equipment- i've ovewrheard some saying ' look at that ancient camera ' but  i would think they would be quite happy to break or vandalise it for kicksalison</blockquote>

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