tl;dr; You should adopt a code of conduct as safety theater and you should lie (by omission, at least) about the fact that they are useless. It&#x27;s a cheap and convenient way to manipulate women into feeling safe regardless of whether they are or are not.<p>Obviously my mood affiliation differs from Atwood, but can anyone tell me if I&#x27;m missing any important point in his article?<p>And if I&#x27;m not mistaken, this argument seems to apply equally well to banning Telegram, pornoscanning people getting on airplanes, and similar things. After all, we want people to feel safer from terrorism, even if they aren&#x27;t, right?