We are all told, repeatedly, not to walk anywhere alone after dark - or sometimes even in daylight (parks are dangerous places!), not to take public transport in the evening, to lock our doors when driving alone and not to go into carparks alone at night, not to get drunk when we are out with people, and so on... It amounts to a curfew, and I suspect the person writing the meme was trying to get at the fact that while this may be useful information to give to young girls, it is both a little insulting (we know, and we are already taking as much care as we can). Especially as this kind of advice appears to put the responsibility of rape prevention back onto the woman.

Unfortunately, I don't remember ever being told any of this. My parents saw nothing wrong in letting me catch a train home at night (nearest train station to my parents house being separated from a main road by a small public garden, full of shadowy corners, and a carpark, with the interior of the shelters invisible from any place other than directly in front of said shelter), or going to parties by myself (as long as that didn't involve them doing anything). My mother still thinks that doing martial arts is silly, even after I told her I was doing it for self-defense reasons, because I "shouldn't need to". My driving instructor was the first person to insist that I get into the habit of locking the doors when I get into a car.

What I know about not getting into these situations is what I've picked up from common sense, and listening to that little voice in the base of my skull which says to go the long way tonight.

Personally, I think we should be better informed about risk assessment, and signs of danger, rather than an all-encompassing "DO NOT". Some day, you may have to do the "DO NOT", and how will you choose the less dangerous path if they're all dangerous and you don't know how to assess the risk?