Objectifying women

[Scented Nectar]

This is the only thing I'm advocating - that women take account for how they look, how it can attract possibly unwanted attention, and how to make themselves ultimately safer with that knowledge.

I see what you are saying, and I agree in a way, but anything that attracts attention to anyone has the potential to attract unwanted attention. Having shockingly red hair will catch eyes. Having huge boobs will catch eyes. Wearing a miniskirt will catch eyes but so will a burqa here in North America. When you are female, EVERYTHING catches eyes anyways. To have to keep watching against doing things like having a loud conversation on a crowded subway (of course people will notice and even listen in) to wondering if one's clothing style/adornments might be making harmful people notice you is not a mindset many can maintain unless chronically paranoid.

About that whole robbery/hide your bling comparison, just like people (all genders) don't hide the pretty paint or costly brand name on their cars, it would be ridiculous to expect women to go out of their way to hide our bodies and plain it down (unless that's what we feel like doing anyways by personal choice). Do you cover up the shiny new paint that you liked so much with dull fake rust so that no one will be tempted to steal it? It would be unreasonable to expect such extreme preventative measures. Especially in our modern society that promotes sexy cars/clothing as being desirable, popular and fashionable.

Sure, the more visually attention grabbing cars will get more of all types of attention, but anyone would be mocked mercilessly if they tried saying 'You know, they shouldn't have bought such a shiny bright red car'. It's only in rape that the blaming of the victim for not guarding her vulnerability better keeps coming up so frequently.

Even if a guy needs some power stuff mixed into his sex to get off, he knows full well not to do it in real life, except by consentual 'nonconsent' or whatever. Plus there is plenty of suitable porn he can take it out on instead of on someone who doesn't want it.

It's one thing to have harmful sexual desires (not easy to for anyone to control what makes them horny), but it's another to actually do them.

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One possible explanation could be that younger women are more often in riskier situations. Dating, clubbing, going to parties, meeting more new people, etc.

Older women (I assume) are more likely to be married and engaged in a career, more controlled partying, etc.

EXACTLY!!

Older women are more likely to have learned the lessons in life and be more protective and NOT wear revealing clothes at the bar and be overly trusting of the folks around them. They take precautionary measures to protect themselves and not increase the likelihood of a crime being committed against them.

No, not exactly. Older women party and date less for the same reasons that older men party and date less. It has nothing to do with learning better how to protect oneself.