Does being around guys make feel vulnerable to being hurt?

Question

I’m really paranoid about the opposite sex. Some of this is due to what’s happened personally, and others are just the general environment. I also have mild anxiety and (this may sound silly) I am really tiny and I’ve never been strong (the drawback of being a bookworm). Oddly enough, I get along with most once I know them, but until then I’m always on my guard. 
Is anyone else like this?

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Weirdly, very weirdly, until I encountered my assault I was but now after the assault I am not. I’m confident than ever. I think this might have something to do with the fact they were bought to justice and so I felt strong? But at school i was always worried and scared!

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I've been assaulted before in my life. now, if I'm by myself with men I get a creepy vibe from yes. absolutely. I never go anywhere I'm not familiar with, without my husband.

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Only if I’m in a place surrounded by all men & I’m the only woman. I don’t get afraid of getting hurt I just get kind of paranoid about what’s going through all of their minds, unless if one of them does something that eases my anxiety like being very friendly & welcoming towards me that makes me realize I shouldn’t be worried or concerned. If that makes any sense.

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I'm like this. I only trust my dad and my husband, and I only got to know my husband because we had a mutual friend and we hung out as a group for a while before we dated. last week he asked me to pick up something from his friends house. thought I'd be meeting his friends gf, not him,  but only he was there. couldn't even make eye contact with him. I hate it, he's a great guy, but I've been sexually assulted twice by "friends", so.

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Sometimes or a lot of times really. I have anxiety in public anyways, but I've had guys follow me around in a gas station to gawk at me and I've noticed males just stare at me a lot anyways and it makes me uncomfortable and a little fearful not much though

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My ex would try to force me into having sex with him and would constantly hurt me because he couldn’t get in. When he dumped me i felt like my body wasn’t worth anything anymore. I would hang out with a lot of guys because i’ve always communicated better with them than with girls but every time i would get high with them, i ALWAYS felt really paranoid next to them. My anxiety would be to the max so i would always ditch them by saying “let’s go ask my mom if she’ll give us money for food. Just take me home and i’ll ask” and i would just go inside and tell them she said no. I trusted them but i could never just be calm around them whatsoever. Now that i am with my fiancé i feel complete. When we get high, i feel safe and protected. But if i’m around ANY guy, i have to get away. If my fiancé is not with me, I don’t feel safe. I’m small so anyone can EASILY take advantage of me at anytime so I always have my phone on my hand ready to do five clicks and start my emergency SOS.

Does being around guys make feel vulnerable to being hurt?

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