Walking alone at night? Choosing the right headphones could help you feel safer

If I’m walking anywhere alone at night there’s no way I’m putting headphones in. I don’t want to make myself appear in any way more vulnerable than I may already feel,” says Ellie, 28. As a tall man who’s never had to think about the safety implications of choosing headphones, I’m not the prime candidate to be writing a piece on women walking home alone at night.

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