I think your final point is what shocked me most. She's very clever, she of course can read social texts, and yet she still expected me to have a go at her for ~leading him in. It's so horrible, and I felt genuinely awful all day because it's no longer some philosophical argument for me so much as a frightening, almost sleepless night.
I really love the area where I live and it feels a little tainted right now, though of course it could have happened anywhere in a world with MRA clowns. I consider myself an angry person who will stick up for myself, but late at night, in my pyjamas, all 5 foot 3 of me? I was deeply afraid when I heard that hammering at the door.
My elder brother actually was fantastic and ranted about how he can't stand that women can't feel safe and that you'll get men like this who think you owe them something. He's totally learned all this from me and my pointing him to great discourse about feminism, but it's interesting (if depressing) that the internet helps better with educating us than any academic texts.
Thank you for the well wishes, and your thoughtful reply.
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Date: 2013-08-03 10:19 pm (UTC)I think your final point is what shocked me most. She's very clever, she of course can read social texts, and yet she still expected me to have a go at her for ~leading him in. It's so horrible, and I felt genuinely awful all day because it's no longer some philosophical argument for me so much as a frightening, almost sleepless night.
I really love the area where I live and it feels a little tainted right now, though of course it could have happened anywhere in a world with MRA clowns. I consider myself an angry person who will stick up for myself, but late at night, in my pyjamas, all 5 foot 3 of me? I was deeply afraid when I heard that hammering at the door.
My elder brother actually was fantastic and ranted about how he can't stand that women can't feel safe and that you'll get men like this who think you owe them something. He's totally learned all this from me and my pointing him to great discourse about feminism, but it's interesting (if depressing) that the internet helps better with educating us than any academic texts.
Thank you for the well wishes, and your thoughtful reply.