Walking alone in the dark? Hmm, sounds dangerous…

A short story by Cynthia Gómez called “A Girl Goes on a Date at Night Alone” is about of the potential risks of going out alone as a woman. In my personal opinion, the world is now filled with more corrupt and sinful individuals. Therefore, the risks of being alone in an uncertain environmental far greater; especially as woman.

Society has been tainted by corruption and lack of trust within the past few years. Another thing of which to take note in, is how the concept of lust has tightened its grip on those who are weak and unable to resist worldly temptation. Therefore, women may feel a sense of fear towards the thought of being alone at night. However, the plot of this story may make one reconsider that unfavorable fear of being alone. The narrator states “[b]ut this time, when he pressed his mouth over hers, he drank it in—just what he’d poured into her glass, but stronger, spiked with the fury and shame of the women who’d lain just where she was now…the sheets were soaked in his foaming spittle and a substance precisely the same as what he’d put in her drink. The drink of a perfect girl, the girl of his dreams, a girl who didn’t exist” (Gómez). The image of this innocent and “defenseless” woman, only catered to the desires of the greedy men on whom she faced. The woman remained content and hidden within her revengeful veil, as she preyed upon the men who targeted on vulnerable young women. However, she does not fall into their feeble traps; instead she seeks for the refreshing revenge. The acceptance of lust might have tainted the world, but this concept is not permanent nor unmanageable. The ability to protect oneself will only lower the risks of being harassed within a threatening situation. Overall, likewise actions of those who have fallen into their sins will only suffer the consequences; justice has always been reliable and consistent to the one who are vulnerable.Gómez, Cynthia. “A Girl Goes on a Date Alone at Night.” Nightmare Magazine, no. 151, Apr. 2025, www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/a-girl-goes-on-a-date-alone-at-night/. Image Source: Saved from my Pinterest account.

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