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Yes, You SHOULD Believe Women
You should not believe men who try to control our narratives
Sexual harassment and rape culture are so entangled in American culture that you should just assume that every American woman you’ve met is a sexual assault survivor or has experienced sexual harassment. And to the question forming in your mind. Yes, that includes me.
The reason rape and sexual harassment are so prominent in our culture is to keep women under control and to keep communities of color also … under control. Rape or threat of rape may be utilised against any woman or child. Rape or threat of rape of female friends or family members is used to control men in some instances. (Although, I do also know multiple male victims.) And of course men can also use rape accusations to initiate a lynching.
And yeah, I didn’t stutter. MEN can and do use rape accusations to initiate a lynching.
I’m not going to sit here and tell you that all women are blameless innocent flowers and/or paragons of virtue because, that would be absurd and it is its own form of dehumanizing sexism. Women can be and often are complicit in especially racially motivated false accusations. But the idea for it often starts with white men.
Guys, if you’ve never had to go through the hell of trying to get a school…
