If Women Weren’t So Weak, They’d Be Less Offended by Abuse
In the words of a fellow woman on the internet.
Isn’t it just fun being told that the way you’re coping with harassment and abuse is entirely wrong?
Isn’t it a fantastic feeling to have a complete stranger invalidate every emotion of injustice, because anything other than not giving a flying f*ck is an incorrect reaction?
Isn’t it just peachy to have someone who doesn’t publish a single vulnerable story online lecture you in how you should feel about personal attacks in the comment sections of you work?
Because there’s no better expert in a topic than someone who has no personal experience in it.
“If you possess true conviction and hold strong, be open and kind, then you will no longer care about what they have to say.”
So, just so I get this straight Random Lady on the Internet, because I care at all that means I don’t have true conviction? And I am neither open nor kind?
Because, according to your logic, if I had “true conviction”, I wouldn’t be triggered when someone denies the authenticity of my sexual assault and my story, despite them not having been there?
If I was “open”, I wouldn’t be offended when someone says my trauma and PTSD are of my own making through being so hysterical (rather than the inflicted result of something that was done to me)?
If I was kind, I wouldn’t be horrified when someone says I deserve to be raped over and over again for having the gull to suggest victims should be believed?
Do you even hear yourself, lady?
Stop shaming women for being horrified by written attacks and threats.
Words are words — whether they’re screamed in my face, or written in seething comments, they’re digested similarily.
I’m going to be horrified when someone tells me I deserved my sexual assault.
I’m going to be disgusted each time someone tells me that women have a rightful place, and it’s below men.
I’m going to be infuriated when I see racism directly playing out in action — because…
