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6. .... internalized misogyny ftl

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 02:46 PM

Oct 2017

I was wearing a shirt buttoned up to the collarbone, khakis and a baggy sweater when I was assaulted by my boss. I was a legal minor. Should I have been wearing a burqa? Oh wait, that doesn't prevent sexual assault either.

This is the crap we get fed our whole lives- that we are somehow willing participants in a violent crime perpetrated against us simply because we dress/act/think a certain way. Bullshit!

Sexual assault isn't about sex- it's about power and it's abuse. It's about degrading the other person, ignoring their agency as a person and reducing them to an object that is acted upon. People are not THINGS, we have a right to say no, no matter how we are dressed, no matter what time we are walking back to our cars, no matter how far intimacy has willingly progressed up until that point.

I can't even.... gaaah!

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Democrat Congresswoman Blames Sexual Assault On Women Who Appear Too Inviting [View all] Loyd Oct 2017 OP

not all women are my sisters. she is definitely on that list!! niyad Oct 2017 #1

Oh hey, you actresses whose entire career is based on your looks... ExciteBike66 Oct 2017 #2

Yeah, you Hollywood actresses whose livelihoods depends on being HOT.... Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #35

What's her excuse for abused children? Men? Deb Oct 2017 #3

Adults have argued in court that young children seduced them IronLionZion Oct 2017 #14

May She Be Primaried Me. Oct 2017 #4

Yes. Fossils need to be shown the door. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #19

WTF JHan Oct 2017 #5

.... internalized misogyny ftl arithia Oct 2017 #6

I totally agree: yagotme Oct 2017 #36

Indeed, Mayim Bialik said something very similar IronLionZion Oct 2017 #7

People ripped her a new one too n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #43

You know, I've been around since the 40's. Stonepounder Oct 2017 #8

How many of us heard this growing up unil we grew up to see through this bullshit? hlthe2b Oct 2017 #9

Writing "Democrat" Congresswoman rather than marybourg Oct 2017 #10

I noticed that too Loyd Oct 2017 #17

In your defense, according to the rules you CANT alter the actual title. nt 7962 Oct 2017 #23

This is true. I didn't realize this was marybourg Oct 2017 #26

Nonetheless it was a good catch Bradshaw3 Oct 2017 #29

Thanks, 7962! Loyd Oct 2017 #40

There are people mercuryblues Oct 2017 #11

I become immediately suspicious that bias is involved when any publication uses TheDebbieDee Oct 2017 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Wednesdays Oct 2017 #13

"I grew up in a time. . . " matt819 Oct 2017 #15

In all fairness, I have to point out that your mother would have worn a hat, white gloves marybourg Oct 2017 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author csziggy Oct 2017 #45

Poor woman. My first thought was it's time for her to step down. My second one is... brush Oct 2017 #16

I stopped reading at "Democrat Congresswoman" George II Oct 2017 #18

Me too happy feet Oct 2017 #22

She grew up in the segregated South IronLionZion Oct 2017 #20

She shames the nursing profession HelenWheels Oct 2017 #21

That might be the key to her comments csziggy Oct 2017 #46

That we can be so brutal to her shows us how far we've come elias7 Oct 2017 #24

There is no law that says we need to keep hitting ourselves in the head with a hammer. Squinch Oct 2017 #25

isnt that why women are made to cover up in 3rd world countries? samnsara Oct 2017 #27

Yes, and they still get raped TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #44

"Democrat Congresswoman"? The use of "Democrat" in this form is a GOP slur. lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #28

For fucks sake onecaliberal Oct 2017 #30

Oh, FFS, Mediaite. It's "Democratic" or if you really wanna save chars, "Dem." n/t TygrBright Oct 2017 #31

Thanks for taking a moment to wonder about motives in posting a story like this. Judi Lynn Oct 2017 #32

Get primaried or retire Bradical79 Oct 2017 #33

If she's that unaware of the world, she needs to go. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #37

If ONLY I'd KNOWN! All I have to do to never get assaulted, groped, propositioned, or raped... Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #38

Sigh! Once again: Marie Marie Oct 2017 #39

Fuck that ignorance. Solly Mack Oct 2017 #41

Irony. We let men who can't control themselves delisen Oct 2017 #42

Welcome to DU Pugster Oct 2017 #47