This is a bad take.

Rather than ask why it is that women’s lives would be so much different if they simply didn’t have to worry about being attacked, Nichols focuses on the mechanism by which that would come about, and gets all ‘NotAllMen’ about the concept.

Ladies, a question for you:

“What would you do if all men had a 9pm curfew?”

Dudes: Read the replies and pay attention.#metoo #Kavanaugh #Cosby #feminism #maleprivilege #privilege

— Danielle Muscato (@DanielleMuscato) September 25, 2018

I would hope that they would protest the use of government power to curtail freedom of movement based on gender, the way that same power is used today against women in certain countries. https://t.co/hDbHEpIzlk

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 2, 2018

It’s a hypothetical to point out how women feel when they’re alone at night. The literal idea is of course ludicrous, but the sentiment is real.

— Justin W. (@NFLGimpy) October 2, 2018

I am sympathetic to the sentiment. I think the stereotyping is deplorable and the imagined hypothetical is totalitarian. https://t.co/skjwRces32

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 2, 2018