&gt; But would you even dare telling a woman that was raped once that she&#x27;s being irrational because she&#x27;s terrified every time a man walks 5 steps behind her on the street?<p>Yes. It is irrational, because the likelihood of rape from a random stranger is actually extremely low.<p>I&#x27;m not disputing the pain of your experience. It likely was very traumatic.<p>However, just because something was very painful doesn&#x27;t mean it&#x27;s rational to live your life in fear of it happening (when its probability is low). I likewise recognize that being the victim of a terrorist attack is traumatic, but it would still be irrational to avoid planes for that reason.