I think we're coming at this from two different perspectives here-- I've never been worried about getting sued or punished for doing something good so much as I'm still working to get all the remnants of "girls don't do that" "now be nice" "let him down easy" "that isn't ladylike" "don't be rude" out of my head. (to promote The Gift of Fear yet again, it explains all this waaaay better than I do)

And I'm more concerned with the part of the legal system that treats all rape victims like they're liars based on the so-tiny-it-barely-matters percentage of women who truly lie instead of misidentify their attacker, but again . . . two different perspectives. :-)