I think White Dove should trust her instincts too, which would entail not meeting the guy in the park, which she didn't.
However, to go beyond that and start postulating all these speculative theories about him and then start repeating them as facts, is beyond protecting oneself. The advice some were giving her about checking out his work place and warning other women, was just nuts and stalkerish. He would have a legal case for slander if she were to do that.
It's the lack of balanced perspective that I was protesting, not women protecting themselves.