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*talks about how harmful sexual harassment is in a nuanced conversation*
"Meh, it's not that big a deal because they didn't touch vag or boobs"
*gets angry because WTH*
"You're being too emotional for this conversation."
*Ahahahaha*
*talks about how harmful sexual harassment is in a nuanced conversation*
"Meh, it's not that big a deal because they didn't touch vag or boobs"
*gets angry because WTH*
"You're being too emotional for this conversation."
*Ahahahaha*
Lemme spell something out for everyone. When you're born into a body that is *generally weaker than those who *generally victimize you, any harassment is TERRIFYING.
Now, I'd like to believe that people don't have to be in the position of being less [or un]able to defend yourself to understand that ANY taking advantage of that power differential is bad, but some do not. Clearly.
Some guy gets a little too close and a little too familiar with his words and you freeze and start running scenarios. "Will he back off if I say no?" "What do I do if he escalates?" "Can I hurt him and buy myself time to run?" "Is anyone close enough to hear me scream?"
In ONE moment you have all your power stripped away, even if only mentally, and you realize how vulnerable you are. Maybe nothing really happens. Maybe he was just shooting his shot and it's just an uncomfortable experience. But there's always the what if.
There is a certain degree of "Well it wasn't too bad" that all women have to just deal with in life because no, we don't want to accuse every random guy of assault and ruin their life for maybe just being a dumb jerk or an over-eager suitor.
But that value analysis comes with knowing we are at risk. That with the wrong person, we have no agency. No autonomy. No power.
And that's pretty dang emotional.
And that's pretty dang emotional.
A couple addendums:
1) You can experience deep emotion about a topic and still think about it logically - PSA for all the dudes who automatically think emotion negates reason.
2) This is not a "Believe All Women" thread. It's a "consider the female perspective" thread.
1) You can experience deep emotion about a topic and still think about it logically - PSA for all the dudes who automatically think emotion negates reason.
2) This is not a "Believe All Women" thread. It's a "consider the female perspective" thread.
