Rural areas are usually quite safe.
I think Baltimore was used as an example or urban area. (I really like the inner harbor but I’m guessing we’re talking The Wire’s Baltimore, not Inner Harbor’s Baltimore.)
And what’s being discussed isn’t “losing privilege” but rather the lawsuit that indicates specific support groups or programs aren’t necessary because privileges don’t exist anymore.
(These groups and programs exist to “level the playing”, not “take away” anything from me or you).
The point however isn’t “unsafe area” - yeah, if you’re a guy and not stupid, you don’t go alone, after street lights are on, through an area known for gun violence or mugging or drug dealing.
The idea isn’t that guys can’t be mugged.
But most guys feel safe going wherever they feel like going (I’m assuming you don’t randomly feel like going to an area known for drug dealing, violence, or muggings). I mean, if you need to buy something and it’s 10pm, you go get it at the corner shop or the wawa or pigglywigly. You go down the stairs and walk to the store, or walk through the parking garage or to the driveway and take your car, drive, park your car and walk from your car to the store. You don’t check your surroundings constantly nor have with you a bag that contains your pepper spray – you don’t take for granted that walking down stairs, through a parking garage, to a shop… may lead to being assaulted.
If you go jogging you put headphones in and no one considers that being “naive”, “unsafe”, or “unaware” -something I’ve read many, many times, in an “obvious” tone, wrt women wearing headphones while walking during the day in a city (this being referred to as being “smart” or “city-savvy”) because apparently they need to be “aware of their surroundings” at all times.
An exception may be a Black guy jogging, though.
The point is that “ANY area” can be considered unsafe for women after dark - I’ve found that rules for women aren’t the same as for men and you need to respect that.