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While we’re on the topic of sexually predatory men, can we please talk about how it starts at a young age for girls? Bc I’ve discovered through friends that experiences I had at about 13/14 are very common - this is more along the lines of online grooming/harassment
At about 13, I vividly remember talking to grown men on earlier social apps and I never thought anything of it - I was just intrigued by talking to someone new. If they were older I’d tell them my age and they’d always respond with “that’s fine I’m fine with that” -
And they’d continue conversations over periods of time before I’d eventually block them from being uncomfortable. Because of my age they’d always ask really specific questions and for photos.
Like it wasn’t a huge deal at the time but as I’ve gotten older and talked about that to people I’ve realised how common it is for young girls to be preyed on in that way. I never told anyone at the time purely bc I was embarrassed.
But these grown men (some 18/19 and others at least 30) were extremely inappropriate and predatory with me fully knowing I was a 13 y/o girl. And that’s just so messed up to realise at an older age
But my point is that it doesn’t just happen for adult women, unfortunately it often starts when we are literal children. And it’s even more sad to me that a lot of women don’t even realise that this happened to them bc we’ve been so desensitised to that behaviour
I didn’t want to go into details with this thread bc it makes me very uncomfortable to get into with the extent of it all - I never told my parents about it and I’ve only ever talked to friends about it as an adult to find that it wasn’t just me. Men are just *that* bad
