I suspect that the fear of dark places is as much to do with a primaeval, instinctive knowledge that that's where you're more likely to encounter leopards and the like. These days, when the fear of leopards is understandably discounted, the subconscious has transferred the object of the fear to 'bad men'.
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Date: 2005-01-19 12:14 pm (UTC)