skinster wrote:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157012559418343&set=a.211814973342&type=3&theater
I pray for her. I live only about 30 minutes drive away and I've been there at night. At night that place can be very very empty and very dark(not many streetlights near that UNI, and less cameras too, the parking lot in particular is fucken huge). But that's got nothing to do with the commercial or general Men in Melbourne society. It's got everything to do with the fact that no matter how "confident" you are, a person, male or female, should never come home alone in Melbourne at night, EVER. Either take an Uber/Taxi straight home, use your own car, get a lift or come home together. As an international Uni student unfortunately I'm sure her options were sadly limited, but yeah someone should have taken her back home.
Melbourne is dangerous generally at that time of night on your own wether or not you're a guy or girl(although yes male assailants usually for both, and obviously Men are more likely to get bashed and robbed rather than raped). Melbourne has low population density and some places are safe during the day but highly dangerous at night. Bundoora is famous for being very very quiet at night(despite only being roughly 30km from the CBD).
I'm 6ft tall and a 16 year old girl tried to rob me and threatened to stab me with a carving knife in what was technically my own home(family Milk Bar). I was once given a genuine death threat just for staring at a guy acting suspicious around the donation box right in the middle of a CBD Catholic Church in broad daylight. Had to sneak out, call the cops and avoid the psycho "polite enough to be" waiting to attack me at the front entrance.
Can't tell you how many times I've been followed by weirdos at night and had to lose them, despite being 6ft 4in. He probably noticed she was on her own followed her off the tram then struck at a quiet place.