It's about being kicked in the nuts.
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I hope this spreads far and wide on the Internet so that many more people can read it and THINK!!!
It's a shame we need to dumb it down. I don't have the fear that many women have, as I've never really had any incidents happen. However, just because I haven't experienced it, doesnt mean I don't get it. Men shouldn't have to experience to get it, but why don't they get it? (A lot of men do, though)
i think the best-intentioned men get it intellectually to the extent that they know women are not objects and would not rape, and are horrified when other men do rape -- but i don't think most men really know how normalized the threat is for women, to the extent that we have to take steps to protect ourselves that shouldn't be normalized, and to the extent that some women don't even protect each other, so entrenched in the culture are we.
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@genessa I can agree with that.
This made me tear up. My entire life, in this one article.