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i still hate the fact that i was 8 years old when i got sexually harassed for the first time and i blamed myself for wearing a spaghetti top and jeans thinking it was already ‘too revealing’. since then, my panlakat outfits became pambalay nalang
i still hate the fact that i was 8 years old when i got sexually harassed for the first time and i blamed myself for wearing a spaghetti top and jeans thinking it was already ‘too revealing’. since then, my panlakat outfits became pambalay nalang
then it happened again but i was in my school uniform. i went home shaking and i never shared it to anyone, afraid that no one will believe me since my uniform is long sleeves and a long skirt.
months later i came across a post about what the victims were wearing when they got harassed and while i was digging into it, i got totally enraged to the point that i cried my eyes out when i realized that ‘wala sila may gina pilian’ ‘kung bastos ka, bastos ka gid ya’
who in the right mind will harass an eight year old innocent girl?? i was so young back then that i thought he was just being nice because he was fucking smiling at me while exploring his hand on where it shouldn’t be placed
who in the right fucking mind will harass a high school girl in a very conservative uniform? there is no damn way that it was still my fault because it wasn’t revealing!!
i despise these monsters for making me carry this trauma for several years at a very young age. damn, i wasted so many years in fear of riding a jeepney hoping that a man won’t scoot near me.
btw this thread is not for fame or for bandwagon chuchu shit. i saw tweets and stories regarding the same matter and i earned the courage to speak as well.
and to people who experienced it too, we got your back. it was never your fault that it happened.
a small reminder that it’s not about what she’s wearing, ‘kung bastos ka, bastos ka gid ya’
