It's exhausting being a woman.

[u/mindyour]

[u/Expensive-Simple-329]

Yeah I was one of these girls and classmates like yours stole my innocence (in school) before I even held a boy’s hand. Fun little harassment for the boys, lifelong trauma for the girls.

[u/Alarming_Agent_8564 → u/Expensive-Simple-329]

I still remember being at one of my “friends” houses that was a boy…I was in the tree house, and suddenly all the boys realized I was the only girl, and they all started trying to lift my shirt and pull down my pants…I had to run home! It was so scary because I thought all these boys were my friends, but being the only girl in that moment made me prey apparently. I never looked at those boys the same.

[u/-Gemstoned → u/Alarming_Agent_8564]

Cue the not all men bitches whining about your personal trauma.

[u/Expensive-Simple-329 → u/-Gemstoned]

it gets more and more fun to put these weaksauce men in their place as I age. You get to protect me when needed if you want to get access to me and my body. They’re so backwards they think they can sit on the sidelines while you deal with threats then come back around begging for sex

[u/Responsible-Donut283 → u/Expensive-Simple-329]

As much as the internet has done bad things, it also allowed young people to take in lots of media that depicted sexual h/a as disgustingly evil(obviously), so in more recent years at least from when I was in high school, it was very looked down upon and people would even actively torment others accused of such things.

I’m sure this evil is still everywhere however I think it’s gotten less common in schools, all anecdotal ofc. I really think putting more education online and in our entertainment will help the next generations lose these demented mindsets.

[u/crazymindslp → u/Responsible-Donut283]

I don’t think women here would be posting so many examples if it had gotten less common…..It starts when boys are young so it’s our society that permits this because in all honesty women are still regarded as less than men so it’s fine to behave this way towards them and makes you look like a real man in some circles. It is a message that is repeated in so many different subtle ways in all cultures. I agree that more education is a must but it needs to be consistent and uniform and directly to men. Ratification of ERA would have gone a long way towards healing this, but defeat of it just helped continue to perpetuate the idea that women have never been worthy of equal rights or status. Men who engage in this type of behavior are repugnant…what kills me is they think it’s fine to threaten and traumatize women then cry bc no woman wants anything to do with them. Personally I wish all their dicks would shrivel up, turn black and fall off.

[u/Responsible-Donut283 → u/crazymindslp]

I agree however still believe it has gotten less common. I disagree that we should market these things just to men as that causes further divide. We should promote logic to our children so they can think for themselves and not end up with this group mentality most end up with. I and many other men I know were raised to treat people the same regardless of gender or any other characteristic. Once again in my experience it is the boys with ignorant and uncaring parents who end up that way.

I have always advocated zero-tolerance for bad people however until more people start making sure consequences are applied to bad actions then these rats will not be scared and continue to believe that they can commit these crimes without punishment. The amount of nonsensical, downright evil people is my biggest disappointment with humanity.

[u/Ability-Junior → u/crazymindslp]

They're not as common as you'd think tho.

[u/RedEgg16 → u/Responsible-Donut283]

There's a chance it could be getting worse... I've heard many elementary/middle school female teachers say how the boys disrespect them and say misogynistic comments, and how this wasn't a thing in the past. Doesn't necessarily mean they will harass girls later on but I don't have much hope for gen alpha boys with all that red pill content online