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[Bettie]

37. I accept this argument from old WOMEN

not men.

Men know that rape is wrong and some of them still do it. They know that harassment is wrong and many still do it and I can't even begin to understand men who choose to masturbate in front of others because I didn't even know that was a thing.

Look, I know several older women who still struggle with "How did I cause it? or "Why couldn't I stop it?" feelings about things that happened to them as young or not-so-young women. I have those feelings myself, all the time.

I feel sympathy for them as a person who was blatantly told that I was lying or asking for it when my own father molested/raped me. You know how much recourse I had? NONE. I had to bide my time until I could leave and never return because no one gave a single fuck about me.

I'm glad people are more willing to listen to girls and women now.

I feel no sympathy or empathy for men who rape or abuse women, but I do for the women.

You are welcome to your own opinions, as am I.