Doug, thank you for your professional take on the situation. Yes, it never occurred to me either that women could do this, although once I read up on the statistics and reflected on my experience, it made a lot of sense: women trust one another almost-implicitly when it comes to safety (at least if that women has put herself in the category of “friend” rather than “stranger”), so they’re the perfect accessory to this kind of crime, sad to say. We certainly need more awareness out there. Thanks for reading, thank you for your validation, and thank you especially for passing this story along to others.