She was fully aware that pretty much any male could physically dominate her, at will.

These are feminist tactics to manipulate you. They know as a man you naturally seek to protect women, while never expecting the same from them.

Women develop these patterns growing up with other women. Just this I was studying for traing and went to the library for a change of scenery and at some point I noticed a group of not-attractive teenage girls was chatting behind me. One of them starts saying that some girl who isn't there is her friend friend forever and - then the queen bee of the group starts talking over her, angrily, telling her she needs to break up with her "she's not worth it". She gets really angry, she clearly believes she has every right to tell the other girl who she should and shouldn't be friends with.

This is the kind of thing that forms of womens actual fear. Group ostrasization because of association with someone the group doesn't like - often entirely unexpectedly. One day you think things are fine, the next the whole group is threatening to abandon her because she was seen with someone they don't like.