• boogetyboo@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    We’re not females, mate, we’re women. And it’s not isolated to any country or socio-economic group.

    These aren’t extremes. They’re the lived existence of most women. Like I said, that’s a list that most women can identify an instance of that they’ve experienced.

    Your word choice and tone make me think that you aren’t a person any woman readily or candidly confides in.

    Rape, assault, groping, what have you - that happens everywhere. It’s not just a bleak story of post-USSR landscapes and people being carted into trucks; it’s ordinary people. Pele with families, with white collar jobs. Suburbs and night clubs. Country roads and city alleys.

    I’m not a broken shell of a person. I’m a woman in my late 30s who has experienced trauma at the hands of men I trusted, and from complete strangers. I’m a high income earner, I’m privileged. But every woman I know has experienced something on that list.

    Listen to women. Wherever they are, whatever they look like. Stop telling us. We don’t need to be told anything.

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      8 months ago

      I apologise for using the word female instead of woman. In my language they are the same word.

      In regards to the rest I believe that we will never agree so ill just leave it at that.

      • boogetyboo@aussie.zone
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        8 months ago

        You’ll never agree that women have an experience you’ve not experienced?

        It’s not a matter of opinion