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I've posted this on all my personal social media accounts and I figured why not here too? Imagefap is a social media in a way too, for adults!
What I'm about to write is in no way to be taken lightly or as a joke. If you're a Guy and you're reading this...please it's NOT kinky/erotic or sexual in any way!!
Every woman I know has been raped, assaulted, molested, and/or harassed by a man. Some of us have experienced one of these attacks, others have experienced all of them. It's happened once or more times than we can count. We've been silenced, vilified, brushed off, questioned about what we were wearing, told we were asking for it, called crazy, called a liar, called dramatic, or simply told "I don't want to hear it.".. At this point, we are used to this behavior from predators as well as complicit people we've called friends. Women are taught how to avoid rape instead of boys being taught how not to rape. We're told that modesty earns respect and will keep us safe. We travel in packs to the bathroom, we hold our keys between our knuckles when we walk to our cars at night, we cover our drinks with our hands, we send our locations to our friends when we go on dates, we screenshot our uber drivers and give them our neighbor's address, we take meetings with men in the day, we lie and say we have a boyfriend so as not to offend, we apologize to keep them calm, we ignore whistles and kiss noises, we ignore texts and interactions when we "catch a creeper vibe," we block them, we stay silent because friendly can come off as interested, we stay silent because we don't want to make a scene, we stay silent because we don't want to lose our jobs, we stay silent because we don't want to be "that girl." They'll never believe us anyway. We take every precaution necessary and WE STILL GET HURT. Do you want to call yourself an ally? Stop shaming us. Confidence never equates to "asking for it." Stop calling us cunts, bitches, hoes, sluts, and prudes. Stop thinking that our existence is meant to serve your desires. Our outfits do not determine our consent nor our right to be respected as humans. A women is whatever the fuck she wants to be. Stop telling us to "lighten up" if you go too far. Call out your friends for being inappropriate. Call out your friends for assaulting women. No means no. Drunk means no. Asleep means no. Stop means no. Her fists pushing you off of her mean no. Start listening. Start believing us.
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