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I had a coffee with one of St Mungo’s key workers recently. She re-iterated something I keep on hearing: that women are much less likely to be visible on the streets than men.
One major reason, she said, is that women often stay in relationships which are detrimental to their well-being – such as with an abusive partner or pimp – in search of some kind of protection. At least they know who that person is, whereas out on the streets they don’t know who might approach them. Better the devil you know…
And, if that’s the case, it does make you wonder how many women really are “homeless” in the UK today.
