I understand your point, but I do think the issue is more complicated than that. I don't treat all men as a potential rapist. I don't say I act on my fear, I just say it exist. Someone who treat all muslims as a potential terrorist will learn quickly if they look into it that it's a fear based on lack of knowledge. Growing up as a woman you will hear that you should not walk alone in the dark, especially not under tunnels. During a festival last year the police came and told us that we should not go to the toilet by ourselves, because three rapes happened there the night before. There was people outside when it happened. I have four friends who got raped, all during different circumstances. When I lived on campus, a woman got raped while she was out for a run by three men. 98% of rape cases is made by men in the country I'm from (source is in Swedish: https://www.bra.se/bra/brott-och-statistik/valdtakt-och-sexualbrott.html), while 94% of the terrorist attacks in the US where made by non-muslims and 2% of the terrorist attacks in Europe for the last five years where made by muslims (article provided with sources: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/omar-alnatour/muslims-are-not-terrorist_b_8718000.html) and that's where the difference is. The fear of getting raped is accurate, and we should be able to talk about it without men getting offended and say "but I'm not a rapist". We know that it dosen't apply to most of the men, but it dosen't take away the issue we have in society. And where I'm from, peppar spray is illegal, so I can't even have that "just in case".

I hope I make myself clear. I do understand your point and I respect it, I am just trying to explain where the fear, at least for me, comes from and why I think we can't compare one fear to another.