If someone is going to break into your house, they will. But the amount of criminals who are willing to just straight bust in and steal shit is pretty rare compared to the opportunist thieves, who if they see something easy to steal, they think why not?

You're not necessarily guarding against the first, because you don't worry for that. Though you are protected. You're guarding yourself from opportunists. And that includes rapists. Women have to worry about rapists. And some rapists are opportunists. They see that a woman who normally has a man home every night, suddenly doesn't, and they start thinking well now I wonder if he will be back, I wonder if that window is left unlocked at night, etc, etc. Men don't think about that, because men don't fear being raped every day.

I had a man peeping in my window two years ago. For HOURS. I played halo and pubg from 8pm to 2am. The snow outside the window behind me was fresh, it snowed all day. All the snow was trampled down and gone. Cigarette butts all over. (not the brand my bf smokes) there was a footprint trail from the woods to my window, to the street back to the window, then around to my neighbor and back through my yard to the woods. EVERYONE in my life, including my live in bf, dismissed my fears and anxiety. Until the neighbor and his wife expressed a concern about the homeless people who lived in the woods behind our houses, because they were stealing their electricity.

Then my bf wanted me to foot the bill for a security system, because he doesn't need a security system, he is a man and can just kill his attacker.

Some men will never be able to emphasize with women about our personal safety.