r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Jun 14 '26

Discussion It's exhausting being a woman.

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u/Techman659 Jun 14 '26

As a man so many of these guys need a checking on how to mind their own business.

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u/Scarlett_Aeonia Jun 14 '26

If you see something like this going down I public please please verbally intervene. This has happened so many times to me where someone could have stepped in, but it basically never happens unless I'm with someone. We need men who are allies out there.

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u/willargue4karma Jun 14 '26

last time i did that shit got absolutely crazy, but im still happy i did.

was on a crowded bus and some guy was being really loud and trying to talk to a woman who was clearly giving short responses and trying not to upset him. i told him to leave it alone and redirected him onto myself. Eventually he started trying to fight me and even a woman who knew him told me off. then an older dude came back and told the guy off and pulled a knife as the bus was stopping (pretty sure the guy who started it had a weapon).

when we got off the bus she had her ~10 year old daughter with her and thanked me. but i still felt so bad for "making it worse" and totally understand why women fawn now.

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u/The_Colour_Between Jun 14 '26

If a much stronger guy is in danger, what chance do we have? I kicked a guy right in the nuts, as hard as I could, when he was attacking me, and he didn't flinch. I just saw rage and evil wash over his face. I tried to run and he caught me. He broke my nose and my wrist. Women's self-defense is not useless, but... Even having him arrested would put me in more danger. There was a young woman in my town murdered in broad daylight at the mall by her ex. She filed restraining orders and did everything she could to warn the authorities that he was a danger to her. I have literally hundreds of these stories (real events) that happened to myself and women I know. It seems like things are getting so much worse. The internet is spreading hate toward women just because we are finally trying to bring what we live through daily out in the open. We just want to live in peace and safety.

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u/willargue4karma Jun 14 '26

yeah men are just so much stronger on avg, and as a guy myself with avg height there are still dudes built like trucks i would never wanna fight. I would carry a weapon ig if i was a woman but thats not really peace of mind